Samsung 990 PRO 2TB PCIe 4.0 (up to 7450 MB/s) NVMe M.2 (2280) Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-V9P2T0BW)

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On paper, the biggest downside to the 990 Pro is its continued reliance on the now-aging PCIe Gen 4 specifications. Prior to the launch of the 990 Pro, there was hopeful anticipation that Samsung would make the leap to the newer PCIe Gen 5 standard for its latest flagship SSD, but that wasn’t the case. Still, Samsung managed to squeeze a lot of extra performance out of the Gen 4 technology, and the strategy to stay loyal to a tried and tested standard may not be all entirely bad news despite Gen 5’s promise of delivering twice the speeds. g33b4vqccuqvax5btytq-pupet4-0083df35c-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vqccuqvax5btzpq-pr1f2f-01d5fb765-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vqccuqvax5bvzcq-phk9tj-828709858-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vqccuqvax5bw2bq-py1x2v-a7310f6e5-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vqccuqvax5bx3za-pge3ox-a91a32353-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vqccuqwcx5bu4na-pqdvvi-3aaa5c611-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vqccuqwcx5bwzaq-pvw5k6-d3e3dcd05-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwiccuqvax5bstvq-pch0tk-1cdf76638-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwiccuqvax5buy2q-pqnfkn-f673b4feb-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwiccuqvax5buzkq-pl30i3-08d7d87df-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwiccuqwcx5bu4ya-pyg66y-cb19a994e-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwiccuqxax5bstjq-puyi2b-1f022524f-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwiccuqxax5bsuua-pioden-695058c8f-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwiccuqxax5bsvta-pqns0s-b6979dbf5-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, Claimed SSD performance numbers don’t always map terribly well to the real-world experience. But for what it’s worth, there’s little if anything currently available with clearly better-claimed figures, though the likes of the SK Hynix Platinum P41 and various drives powered by the latest Phison controller, such as the Seagate Firecuda 530 2TB, trade blows with the 990 Pro. Fair to say, then, with these late model PCIe 4.0 M.2 drives, they’re nearing the practical limits of the Gen 4.0 protocol, certainly for peak throughput.

The Heatsink version will also be suitable for console gamers, but unlike with PC gaming, the RGB lighting effect would be lost in the opaque console cases. On laptops, Samsung promises up to 50% better power efficiency with the 990 Pro. The flagship SSD uses Samsung’s new 8nm proprietary controller, which helps drive better power efficiency and should lead to better battery performance on mobile devices.

The Samsung 990 Pro all but maxes out what a PCIe 4.0 SSD is capable of

clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 34-242-207-243_s-23-203-249-81_ts-1604425669-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 34-242-207-243_s-23-203-249-81_ts-1604427540-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 34-242-207-243_s-23-203-249-81_ts-1604427617-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 34-242-207-243_s-23-203-249-81_ts-1604427664-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 34-242-207-243_s-23-203-249-81_ts-1604427922-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, We didn’t get a chance to test out Samsung’s power efficiency claims on mobile devices, as our test Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 uses a shorter M.2 form factor rather than the 2280 size of the 990 Pro. In terms of sheer speeds, Kingston’s Fury Renegade is perhaps the closest challenger to the Samsung 990 Pro, though the victor of this comparison will largely depend on what is more valuable to you: Kingston’s drive will have slightly slower read speeds of 7,300 MB/s and slightly faster 7,000 MB/s write speeds compared to Samsung's latest and greatest. Samsung 990 Pro: Should you buy it? The terabytes-written spec is a manufacturer's estimate of how much data can be written to a drive before some cells begin to fail and get taken out of service. Samsung warranties the SSD 990 Pro for five years or until you hit the rated TBW figure in data writes, whichever comes first.

In the PCMark 10 Overall Storage benchmark, which measures a drive's speed in everyday tasks such as loading games and launching the Windows operating system and assorted applications, the 990 Pro with heatsink had the high score among our comparison group of PCI Express 4.0 SSDs, besting the SK Hynix Platinum P41 as well as the non-heatsink Samsung SSD 990 Pro (which used the motherboard's heatsink in our testing). Its scores were also slightly higher than those of the non-heatsink 990 Pro in nearly all of the PCMark trace tests, which evaluate some of the individual components that go into the overall score. clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 34-246-182-217_s-23-203-249-81_ts-1604425567-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 34-246-182-217_s-23-203-249-81_ts-1604427446-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 34-246-182-217_s-23-203-249-81_ts-1604429495-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 34-246-182-217_s-23-203-249-90_ts-1604424817-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 34-246-182-217_s-23-203-249-90_ts-1604424939-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, It supports faster data processing due to lower latency, increases idle time, and reduces overall power,” Samsung said of the custom Pascal Controller on the 990 Pro. All of this is possible thanks to the new in-house Pascal Controller,” Samsung explained of the 990 Pro’s class-leading performance. “It optimizes the data path from NAND through hardware automation technology and reduces processing time through cache algorithm.”g33b4vqccuqwcx5bx22q-p8kovq-e038e0c0c-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vqccuqxax5bstpa-p4rsfx-bd0382a30-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vqccuqxax5btyeq-poz8cc-9955b8a36-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vqxzp4swx5bu27q-pxv1vf-89db7a111-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vqxzp4swx5bv25q-pt8447-731cc407d-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vsy3wdkax5bswnq-plqmrf-ff7289811-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, g33b4vsy3wdkex5bsuoq-p56ka1-9bf23f300-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, With the PCIe Gen 4-based 990 Pro, Samsung promised read and write speeds of 7,450 MBps and 6,900 MBps, respectively, and random performance of up to 1,550K IOPS, a 55% improvement over its predecessor. The latter helps reduce game loading times, with Samsung promising that the new solid-state drive is optimized for Microsoft DirectStorage API.

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