Samsung Launches Affordable Large Capacity 860 QVO SSDs

Samsung released its own take of quad-level cell (QLC) NAND with the 860 QVO SSD. Samsung continues to do its own thing, even with naming conventions, and refers to the technology as 4-bit. The 860 QVO is aimed at maintaining Samsung’s 3-bit performance while lower the costs and thus creating a more efficient and cost-effective product.

The Samsung 860 QVO SSD comes in a 2.5” form factor and unlike other QLC products that we’ve tested, the 860 QVO leverages a SATA interface. While SATA is a slower interface than NVMe, it is still widely used and we suit the needs of 90% of the computer users day-to-day tasks. Samsung states read speeds of 550MB/s and write speeds of 520MB/s. These are the same speeds that the company quotes for its 3-bit technology, that they attribute to the MJX controller used in both.

The drive will be available on December 16, comes with a 3-year warranty, and the 1TB Samsung 860 QVO SSD comes with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $150 that is lower than the current street price of the 1TB Intel 660P QLC.

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