2019-04-08 Monday - Laptop Upgrade: New Samsung 860 Evo SSD NAND Flash

Due to a bad block error that developed last week - over the weekend, I replaced the original 1 TB  Western Digital HGST Travelstar 7K1000  (1TB 7200RPM SATA, Model: HGST HTS721010A9E630 - datasheet) in my  MSI GT72 Dominator Pro G-034 laptop  (original specifications)- with a new SSD (Samsung MZ-76E1T0, 1 TB, 860Evo, 3D NAND FLASH) - that I purchased at a local Frys.com for $139.99 (after asking for the internet comparison shopping discount)

Here are the noteworthy performance improvements, per the CrystalDiskMark benchmark utility.