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The EVO series will receive a three year warranty. The Samsung 960 EVO still offers plenty of endurance, depending on volume site 400 Terabytes written (TBW), for the 1 TB capacity, half that for the 500 GB version and again half of that for the 250 GB model. These units obviously will require PCI-Express 3.0 with x4 lanes as the SSDs are using the latest iteration of the NVMe protocol. The 960 series is available in an M.2 (NGFF-2280) form factor. The precise performance values differ per model / volume size though, we'll discuss and show you that on the next page. Performance wise you'll get a smile on your face, it these units are tagged with sequential transfer rates of over 3200 MB/s reads, with up to 1900 MB/s writes up-to 380,000 IOPS 4K random-read, and up to 360,000 IOPS 4K random-write. Samsung is to release the new 960 EVO model in capacities of 250 GB, 500 GB and 1 TB volume sizes.
SAMSUNG NVME CONTROLLER DRIVER 960 EVO PRO
The product is only slightly slower compared to the PRO model and capable of sequential read performance of 3,200 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 1,900 MB/s. Alongside this 960 EVO release, Samsung now also also offers a dedicated Samsung NVMe Driver 2.0, for maximal compatibility and performance. Today we will focus on that new EVO model, we have received a 1TB model for testing. The new 960 EVO has been fitted with 48-layer MLC 3-bit per cell (TLC written) NAND. And correct, you read that right as the EVO is based on a Samsung Polaris controller, not to be confused with anything from AMD, of course. NVMe Storage technology is advancing with extremely fast paces and steps.
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These new M.2 EVO and PRO units can now be purchased in volume sizes up-to 1 TB and use the latest iteration of the nvm express (NVME) 1.2 protocol which is even faster anno 2016.
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SSD promises to be roughly as fast and versatile as the Pro model, a product once again based on a Polaris based controller. Precisely one month after the 960 Pro release Samsung releases the 960 EVO.