One of the fastest consumer drives made, shipped with a firmware fault that burned through reported drive health and could not be reversed. Samsung fixed the cause; owners whose health counters had already dropped kept the damage.
This entry is written from the 4 sources listed at the bottom of the page. The numbers are our editorial estimates drawn from that material, not measurements, and no statistical sample sits behind them.
It depends on how you will use it. 52% would buy it again, which means roughly 48% would not. Health counters that dropped stay dropped.
On current firmware it is an excellent drive. The reason the score is not higher is that a lot of owners found that out after their health figures had already fallen.
Health counters that dropped stay dropped. Owners who did not update early lost warranty headroom. The episode is the first thing buyers now read about this drive.
Worth it for: High-performance desktop and console storage; People who will verify and update firmware immediately; Workloads that need sustained write speed. Think twice if: You will never check firmware; You want a drive with no incident history; Cheapest cost per terabyte.
Our reading of how sentiment moves across an ownership period, drawn from the sources below. It is an editorial estimate, not tracked longitudinal data.
| At purchase | 8.7 / 10 |
|---|---|
| First week | 8.8 / 10 |
| One month | 6.9 / 10 |
| Six months | 6.5 / 10 |
| One year | 6.3 / 10 |
| Two years or more | 6.3 / 10 |
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Reporting on the firmware fix and what it does not fix.
Coverage clarifying the irreversibility of the damage.
Analysis of the lasting impact on owners.
Documentation of the failures and Samsung's response.