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Data Sheet Rev.2.0 (May 2016)

Summary density and better performance utilizing a

smaller footprint.
The 850 EVO Series is the advanced
- SATA 6Gb/s SSD for Client PCs consumer SSD powered by V-NAND
technology that maximizes everyday
- M.2 (2280) computing experiences with optimized
- Samsung V-NAND performance and enhanced reliability.
- Samsung Magician Software for SSD
management
- Samsung Data Migration Software Optimized performance for
everyday computing
V-NAND Technology and THE experiences
SAMSUNG SSD 850 EVO
Powered by Samsung's cutting-edge V-NAND
Series technology, the 850 EVO M.2 delivers top-
class sequential and random read and write
Samsung’s unique and innovative V-NAND performance to optimize everyday computing
flash memory architecture is a experiences.
breakthrough in overcoming the density The 850 EVO M.2 is seamlessly integrated
limitations, performance and endurance of with V-NAND, MGX controller, DRAM and
today’s conventional planar NAND software for high optimization. Like the 2.5”
architecture. V-NAND is fabricated by form factor model, the 850 EVO M.2 maximizes
stacking cell layers vertically over one user experience with trace-based benchmark,
another rather than decreasing the cells which means that the 850 EVO M.2 gives
dimensions and trying to fit itself onto a form factor flexibility for SATA 6Gb/s interface
fixed horizontal space resulting in higher by providing various yet standardized option.
Therefore, you can enjoy Samsung’s latest

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 technology no matter which form factor your Advanced data encryption
device supports. Regardless of which form factor it is, the
850 EVO Series provides the same data
Reinforcement of TurboWrite encryption feature as the 840 EVO Series does.
Technology The Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) security
Samsung was the first one to introduce technology will help keep your data safe at all
TurboWrite technology to sequential write times. The device is equipped with an AES 256-
performance in the early stages of the 840 bit hardware-based encryption engine to
EVO Series. With TurboWrite Technology, write ensure that your personal files remain secure.
speeds have been significantly accelerated A hardware-based encryption engine secures
during data transfer by creating a high- your data without performance degradation
performance write buffer in an SSD. If a that you may experience with a software-
consecutive write operation (i.e. no idle time) based encryption. Furthermore, the 850 EVO
exceeds the size of a buffer, the transfer will M.2 is compliant with advanced security
exit TurboWrite and be processed at ”After management solutions (TCG Opal and IEEE
TurboWrite” speeds. Once the buffer is cleared, 1667). Magician will guide you on ”How to use
the TurboWrite performance will resume. security features”. Moreover, you can erase or
However, since the buffer size for TurboWrite initialize the data with the crypto erase service
is more than sufficient for everyday computer with PSID.
use, users can experience accelerated speeds
for most workloads.

Efficient power management

Guaranteed endurance and for all PC applications
reliability for maximum use Power consumption affects everyone. With
850 EVO Series, you actually save of up to 50%
more on power than with the 840 EVO Series
Guaranteed endurance during write operations thanks to V-NAND
The 850 EVO Series delivers guaranteed consuming half the power of 2D planar NAND.
endurance and reliability by doubling the Plus, whether you would like to preserve
TeraBytes Written(TBW) compared to the battery life for longer cordless use or just save
previous generation 840 EVO Series backed by costs, power management is important. Device
an industry leading 5 year warranty. sleep signals the SSD to enter a low power
With twice the endurance of a typical NAND state which is vital for ultra-books and other
flash SSD, the 850 EVO Series will keep battery powered devices. With 850 EVO M.2’s
working as long as you do. All form factors of Device Sleep feature at a highly efficient 2mW,
the 850 EVO Series are guaranteed with a 5 you get longer battery life on your notebook
year limited warranty or 75TBW for 120GB and thanks to a controller optimized for V-NAND.
250GB, 150TBW for 500GB and 1TB. With the 850 EVO M.2, you can work and play
longer without having to plug in.
Enhanced reliability with improved
sustained performance
Through enhanced reliability with improved
sustained performance, the 850 EVO Series
boasts long-term dependable performance of
up to 40% longer than the 840 EVO Series
with minimized performance degradation. You
can use it every day when doing work or
entertaining yourself knowing that it will keep
performing even with heavy daily workloads
over the years.

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 Technical Specifications
Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2
Usage Application Client PCs

Capacity 120GB, 250GB, 500GB, 1TB(1,000GB)

Dimensions (LxWxH) Max 80.15 x Max 22.15 x Max.2.38 (mm)

Interface SATA 6Gb/s (compatible with SATA 3Gb/s and SATA 1.5Gb/s)

Form Factor M.2(2280)†

Controller Samsung MGX controller

NAND Flash Memory Samsung V-NAND

DRAM Cache Memory 512MB LPDDR3(120/250/500GB), 1GB LPDDR3(1TB)

Sequential Read: Max. 540 MB/s
Sequential Write**: Max. 520 MB/s
4KB Random Read (QD1): Max. 10,000 IOPS
Performance* 4KB Random Write(QD1): Max. 40,000 IOPS
4KB Random Read(QD32): Max. 97,000 IOPS
4KB Random
Max. 89,000 IOPS
Write(QD32):
AES 256-bit Full Disk Encryption (FDE)
Data Security
TCG/Opal V2.0, Encrypted Drive(IEEE1667)
Weight Max. 8g(1TB)
Reliability MTBF: 1.5 million hours
120GB/250GB: 75TBW
TBW
500GB/1TB : 150 TBW
Active Read/Write (Average): Max. 2.2W(1TB) / Max.2.7W(1TB)
Power Consumption*** Idle: Max. 50mW
Device Sleep(Typ.): 2mW(120GB/250GB/500GB) and 3mW(1TB)
Supporting features TRIM(Required OS support), Garbage Collection, S.M.A.R.T
Operating: 0°C to 70°C
Temperature
Non-Operating: -40°C to 85°C
Humidity 5% to 95%, non-condensing

Vibration Non-Operating: 20~2000Hz, 20G

Shock Non-Operating: 1500G , duration 0.5m sec, 3 axis
Warranty 5 years limited

† M.2 is a form factor specification for ultra-thin PCs. Commercially, M.2 is 22mm in width with lengths of 30, 42, 60 , 80 or
110mm. Samsung provides the most popular form factor with 22mm X 80mm model (i.e., 2280).
※ Since M.2 is a form factor specification, SSD manufacturers can produce various types of M.2 SSD with different interface
(SATA-based M.2, PCIe-based M.2 and NVMe-based M.2, for example). The Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 is SATA-based.

* Sequential performance measurements based on CrystalDiskMark v.3.0.1. Random performance measurements based on Iometer1.1.0
Performance may vary based on SSD’s firmware version, system hardware & configuration.
Test system configuration : Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.0GHz, DDR3 1600MHz 8GB, OS – Windows7 Ultimate x64 SP1, IRST 13.0.3.1001,
Chipset : Intel® Z97PRO
** Sequential Write performance measurements based on TurboWrite technology. , The sequential write performances after
TurboWrite region are 150MB/s(120GB), 300MB/s(250GB) and 500MB/s(500GB/1TB).
*** Power consumption measured with IOmeter 1.1.0 with Intel i7-4770K, DDR3 8GB, Intel®DH87RL OS- Windows7 Ultimate x64 SP1

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 Product Lineup
Density Model Name Box Contents Model Code
Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 120GB
120 GB* MZ-N5E120 MZ-N5E120BW
Warranty statement
Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 250GB
250 GB* MZ-N5E250 MZ-N5E250BW
Warranty statement
Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 500GB
500 GB* MZ-N5E500 MZ-N5E500BW
Warranty statement
1TB Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 1TB
MZ-N5E1T0 MZ-N5E1T0BW
(1,000 GB*) Warranty statement
* GB: 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. A certain portion of capacity may be used for system file and
maintenance use, thus the actual capacity may differ that indicated on the product label.

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