Guru3D Rig of the Month - February 2021
ASUS GeForce RTX 3060 STRIX Gaming OC review
EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 XC Gaming review
MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming X TRIO review
PALIT GeForce RTX 3060 DUAL OC review
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 3060 AMP WHITE review
Fractal Design Meshify 2 Compact chassis review
Sabrent Rocket 4 PLUS 2TB NVMe SSD review
MSI Radeon RX 6900 XT GAMING X TRIO review
Guru3D Q1 Winter 20/21 PC Buyer Guide
Samsung 960 EVO M.2 1TB NVMe SSD review
Posted by: on: 11/15/2016 04:00 PM [
28 comment(s) ]
A month after the Pro release Samsung releases the 960 EVO. The (slightly) more wallet friendly M.2. SSD promises to be roughly as fast and versatile as the Pro model, a product once again based on a Polaris based controller. These new M.2 EVO units can now be purchased in volume sizes up-to 1TB and use the latest iteration of the nvm express (NVME) 1.2 protocol which is even faster anno 2016. NVMe Storage technology is advancing with extremely fast paces and steps.
Read article
Advertisement
Tagged as:
samsung,
samsung 960 evo review
pages 1 2 3 4 5 6
Koniakki
Senior Member
Posts: 2843
Senior Member
Posts: 2843
Posted on: 11/15/2016 05:35 PM
I would say a lot cheaper boss but definitely not cheap!
I paid €190 for the 950 PRO 256GB around 8 months ago.
Which translates to ~€0.74 vs the €0.48(€120/250GB) for the 960 EVO from the same e-store!
That's quite a difference I would say!
Black is the new green!
Btw neither the previous generation NVMe SSD 950 PRO was green. Just saying.
Compared to the launch price of the 950 Pro the 960 EVO series is a tiny bit cheaper, but definitely not cheap.
I would say a lot cheaper boss but definitely not cheap!
I paid €190 for the 950 PRO 256GB around 8 months ago.
Which translates to ~€0.74 vs the €0.48(€120/250GB) for the 960 EVO from the same e-store!
That's quite a difference I would say!
It's a good thing the PCB isn't plain green. Decent mobos don't sport that historical green colour anymore.
Black is the new green!
Btw neither the previous generation NVMe SSD 950 PRO was green. Just saying.
Koniakki
Senior Member
Posts: 2843
Senior Member
Posts: 2843
Posted on: 11/15/2016 05:57 PM
If I'm not mistaken on Z97 boards the M.2 slot is connected to the chipset PCIe lanes and not to the CPU one's.
So basically I think you would be running at PCIe 2.0 x2 speeds which the actual throughput is <1GB's(~800-850MB).
Unless otherwise stated or has an Ultra M.2 port.
And to answer your question, it will work fine as it's backwards compatible but not at ful speed.
It will still be faster than an SSD and of course can used in a future upgrade.
If no upgrades are planned, maybe a 2TB 850 EVO would be a better option vs the 960 EVO 1TB or a 500GB EVO vs the 960 250GB.
So will not work in my Z97 board with a PCI-E 3.0 x2 slot?
If I'm not mistaken on Z97 boards the M.2 slot is connected to the chipset PCIe lanes and not to the CPU one's.
So basically I think you would be running at PCIe 2.0 x2 speeds which the actual throughput is <1GB's(~800-850MB).
Unless otherwise stated or has an Ultra M.2 port.
And to answer your question, it will work fine as it's backwards compatible but not at ful speed.
It will still be faster than an SSD and of course can used in a future upgrade.
If no upgrades are planned, maybe a 2TB 850 EVO would be a better option vs the 960 EVO 1TB or a 500GB EVO vs the 960 250GB.
MasterBash
Senior Member
Posts: 819
Senior Member
Posts: 819
Posted on: 11/15/2016 07:13 PM
would this be faster than the 850 pro for loading windows/games using Ultra M.2? Looking at the benchmarks, there isnt much if any differences when it comes to 4k... So I am kinda guessing it wont.
would this be faster than the 850 pro for loading windows/games using Ultra M.2? Looking at the benchmarks, there isnt much if any differences when it comes to 4k... So I am kinda guessing it wont.
Koniakki
Senior Member
Posts: 2843
Senior Member
Posts: 2843
Posted on: 11/15/2016 07:16 PM
Marginally measurable? Probably. Perceivable? Probably not.
would this be faster than the 850 pro for loading windows/games using Ultra M.2? Looking at the benchmarks, there isnt much if any differences when it comes to 4k... So I am kinda guessing it wont.
Marginally measurable? Probably. Perceivable? Probably not.
pages 1 2 3 4 5 6
Click here to post a comment for this article on the message forum.
Senior Member
Posts: 2267
It's a good thing the PCB isn't plain green. Decent mobos don't sport that historical green colour anymore.