The Samsung EVO series of solid state drives are popular with good reason, offering superb speeds and solid value for each capacity. New arrivals in the range are named Samsung 990 EVO Plus, and these M.2 NVMe leverage Samsung's extensive experience in semiconductor technology, with the sequential read speeds of the 1TB (which is the lowest/slowest in of the new EVO Plus) reaching an incredible 7150 MB/s with write speeds of up to 6300 MB/s, marking a 50% improvement over the previous 990 EVO model - which is crazy good for a similar price!
This performance enhancement is attributed to Samsung's cutting-edge 5-nanometer controller and 8th gen V-NAND technology. Additionally, a nickel-coated heat shield reduces overheating. PS5 wise it's still not quite cool enough to install as is, so be sure to either add an aftermarket heatsink, or go with the 990 PRO with heatsink included.
The growing need for high-capacity storage solutions is being driven by next-gen gaming, and those games are getting bigger and bigger. To address these expanding storage demands, the 990 EVO Plus offers a generous 4TB model, surpassing the storage capabilities of the 990 EVO. Equipped with Samsung's advanced TurboWrite 2.0 technology, the 990 EVO Plus is optimised for peak performance, delivering swift file transfer speeds and minimised lag.
Via Samsung “Our daily lives are increasingly demanding more data with the images we share on social media and high-quality video streaming," said Hangu Sohn, Vice President of Memory Brand Product Biz Team at Samsung Electronics. "The 990 EVO Plus is built for laptop and desktop PC users seeking faster processing speeds and expanded storage capacity."
Looking at the fastest/highest capacity 4TB variant we see an industry-leading random read speed of 1,050K IOPS and 1,400K IOPS for random write operations. This exceptional performance is comparable to SSDs with DRAM, despite lacking a DRAM cache, making it an ideal choice for gaming and AI applications that demand high performance!
The new Samsung 990 EVO Plus is available now in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB capacity, shop the latest in Samsung SSD at PB Tech today!
