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Samsung 960 EVO 500GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,200 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 200 TBW
65 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong random (84th percentile) 84th
- Strong endurance (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3200 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1800 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 330000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 330000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung Polaris controller |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 960 EVO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,200 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 960 EVO | 56.6 | 83.5 | 93.5 | 26.3 | 72.1 | 95.2 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.5 | 88 | 95.2 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.4 | 92.5 | 93.4 | 86.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 82.8 | 95.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.1 | 80.7 | 45.2 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.4 | 53.4 | 92.5 | 95.6 | 77.4 |
Usage Scores
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