Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB SSD Review

Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB SSD Review Leave a comment

The newest drive to hitch Samsung’s household of SSDs is the SSD990 EVO Plus, a Gen 4 x4 drive with a DRAM-less design that may additionally run at Gen 5.0 x2 speeds.

At the time of scripting this overview, the SSD990 EVO Plus drive vary consists of three capacities; 1TB, 2TB (the drive we’re right here) and a flagship 4TB mannequin. At the center of the SSD990 EVO Plus is an in-house Samsung Piccolo controller which is a four-channel DRAM-less design utilizing HMB (Host Memory Buffer) expertise as a substitute of a devoted DRAM chip. For the EVO Plus the controller takes care of Samsung’s personal eighth era 236 Layer V-NAND TLC Flash.

Samsung charges the Sequential learn efficiency of the vary as as much as 7,150MB/s for the 1TB drive whereas the 2TB and 4TB drives are as much as 7,250MB/s. Sequential write efficiency is similar as much as 6,300MB/s for all three fashions. Random efficiency is quoted as as much as 850,000 IOPS and 1,350,000 IOPS for learn and writes respectively for the 1TB drive, 1,000,000 IOPS and 1,350,000 IOPS  for the 2TB drive and as much as 1,050,00 IOPS for reads and as much as 1,400,000 IOPS for writes for the 4TB drive.

Power consumption for the 2TB mannequin is quoted as 4.6W and 4.2W for common lively reads and writes respectively. The TBW endurance determine for the 2TB drive is 1,200TB and Samsung backs the drive with a 5-year guarantee.

Physical Specifications:
Usable Capacities: 2TB.
NAND Components: Samsung 236 Layer V-NAND.
NAND Controller: Samsung Piccolo.
Cache: N/A, HMB expertise.
Interface: PCIe Gen 4 x4 / Gen 5 x2, NVMe 2.0.
Form Factor: M.2 2280.
Dimensions: 80.15 x 22.15 x 2.38mm.
Drive Weight: 9g.

Firmware Version: 1B2QKXG7.

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