Samsung 860 QVO Series SSDs vs Intel SSD Series 5 (2017)

While the Samsung SSD 860 QVO 2TB wasn't able to make it to the very top of any roundups from sources that perform quality hands-on testing, it still got featured in a large number of them. TechSpot, dongknows.com, PCmag, PCWorld, and PCGamesN have all deemed it worthy of a place on their respective shortlists.

Taking a look at the Intel SSD 545s 2.5" 512GB, it got featured in roundups from two reliable sources that conduct their own testing - PCWorld and PCmag - but it fell short of earning a top spot in either.

We analyzed all of the review data that we could find on these two Internal Hard Drives. First, we examined sources that tested and scored both of these products - PCWorld favored the Intel SSD 545s 2.5" 512GB over the Samsung SSD 860 QVO 2TB, whereas reviewers at PCmag haven't shown a preference for either.

Then we took a look at which sources liked them the most - we found that the Samsung SSD 860 QVO 2TB was best received by TechSpot - it gave it a score of 8.2, whereas the Intel SSD 545s 2.5" 512GB got its highest score of 9 from reviewers at PCWorld.