| Brand | Samsung |
|---|---|
| Model | 870 EVO |
| Capacity | 1 TB |
| Usage Class | Client / Consumer |
| Host Interface | SATA 6.0 Gbps |
|---|---|
| Total Interface Bandwidth | 6 Gb/s |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
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| NAND Flash | Samsung V-NAND 3-bit TLC |
|---|---|
| Drive Writes Per Day | 0.33 |
| Total Bytes Written | 600 TBW |
| Sequential Read | 560 MB/s |
|---|---|
| Sequential Write | 530 MB/s |
| Random Read IOPS | 98000 |
| Random Write IOPS | 88000 |
| Average Latency | 45 μs |
| Mean Time Between Failures | 1.5 Million Hours |
|---|---|
| Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate | 1.0×10⁻¹⁷ |
| Power Loss Protection | No |
| MPN | MZ8LM480HCHP-000D3 |
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Compared with the older MZ8LM480HCHP-000D3 generation, the Samsung 870 EVO MZ-77E1T0BW moves to a 1 TB Samsung V-NAND 3-bit TLC design and delivers up to 560/530 MB/s sequential throughput with 98,000/88,000 IOPS, giving faster SATA-side responsiveness and significantly higher usable capacity in the same deployment class. Its standout value is the combination of near-interface-limit SATA performance and 600 TBW endurance at 0.33 DWPD, making it a strong choice for boot volumes, VDI golden images, and read-intensive application tiers that need a longer service life than legacy SATA SSDs.
With an endurance rating of 600 TBW, this 1TB SSD can sustain about 600,000 GB of total writes, which is more than enough for typical OS, office, and general business workloads. In practical terms, that is roughly 330 GB of writes per day over five years, making it a dependable choice for use as a system drive or for read-heavy business applications. An UBER of 1.0E-15 means the drive is designed to keep unrecoverable read errors extremely rare, supporting stable long-term data access in normal operating conditions. This model does not include power-loss protection (PLP), so it is best suited to systems with orderly shutdown behavior or applications that do not require in-flight write protection during sudden power loss.
1. The SATA 6.0 Gbps interface and 560 MB/s sequential read speed let this drive fully exploit legacy enterprise backplanes, making it an easy performance upgrade for existing servers and storage arrays without platform changes.
2. With up to 98,000 random-read IOPS, it can sustain fast access to small files, indexes, and VM boot images, helping read-heavy enterprise workloads stay responsive under parallel demand.
3. A 0.33 DWPD endurance rating makes it well suited to read-centric roles such as operating system volumes, content delivery tiers, reporting replicas, and archival datasets with moderate daily writes.
4. Samsung V-NAND 3-bit TLC delivers a strong balance of flash density, cost efficiency, and production maturity, which is valuable for enterprises scaling capacity while keeping budget and power under control.
5. A typical latency of 45 µs helps shorten application response time for small-block reads, improving user experience in databases, virtualization clusters, and other latency-sensitive services.
Lower capacity reference: 500 GB Higher capacity reference: 2 TB The 1 TB model sits at the sweet spot of the Samsung 870 EVO family. Compared with the 500 GB version, it gives much better headroom for OS images, application stacks, logs, and data growth while keeping essentially the same SATA-class sequential and random IOPS behavior. Compared with the 2 TB version, it delivers a more attractive cost-to-capacity balance without paying for storage that may stay unused. In practice, it is well suited for a small virtualization cluster, such as hosting boot and application volumes for about 40 to 60 lightweight virtual machines.
Q: Is MZ-77E1T0BW suitable for a write-heavy database server?
A: Not ideally. With 0.33 DWPD, 600 TBW, and TLC V-NAND, MZ-77E1T0BW is better for read-intensive or mixed workloads than for sustained write-heavy database server environments.
Q: How many full drive writes per day can it actually endure over its warranty period?
A: This model is rated at 0.33 DWPD, meaning it can handle about one-third of its 1 TB capacity in writes per day over the warranty period.
Q: Does it include power loss protection (PLP) and why is that critical?
A: No, it does not include PLP. Power loss protection is critical in server environments because it helps prevent in-flight data loss and metadata corruption during unexpected outages.
Q: What RAID level is recommended for this SSD?
A: RAID 1 or RAID 10 is typically recommended for this SSD, depending on capacity and performance needs. These levels improve redundancy and help reduce service risk from drive failure.