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Samsung 990 EVO
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 1200 TBW
86 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong random (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong endurance (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong capacity (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has improved over time
88/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 18 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4200 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 700000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 800000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | Samsung in-house Controller |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1200 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 990 EVO | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 14,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 990 EVO | 70.3 | 89.3 | 78.4 | 78.4 | 83.1 | 99.7 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.5 | 93.3 | 93.7 | 66.5 | 94 | 96.4 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.2 | 98.7 | 97.5 | 0 | 83.1 | 82.5 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 99.1 | 0 | 74.4 | 96.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 99.8 | 78.4 | 87.5 | 47.2 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.1 | 97.5 | 0 | 89.7 | 40.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Best Buy 2 offers From $189
Price History
New Open Box / Refurbished
Usage Scores
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