Samsung Launches 960 Pro and 960 EVO Series M.2 NVMe SSDs
Samsung unveiled the Samsung 960 PRO and 960 EVO, its newest solid state drives (SSDs). The V-NAND based, M.2 form factor SSDs were built on the company's category-defining Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) SSD leadership.
With powerful performance, endurance and capacity topped with all new and more robust Samsung Magician software package, Samsung continues to accelerate the NVMe era.
Packed with more technology and innovation than ever, the 960 PRO and 960 EVO are designed for users who seek smaller and faster storage solutions that deliver higher bandwidth and lower latency for processing massive amounts of data for everything from gaming and large file transfers to 4K video rendering, data analytics and more on their ultra-thin notebooks and PCs.
Drive | Seq Read | Seq Write | 4k-Read qd1 | 4k-Write qd1 | ddr3-cache | Tbw | Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
960 EVO 250GB | 3200MB/s | 1500MB/s | 14.00 0iops | 50.000 iops | 512MB | 100TB | 129 usd |
960 EVO 500GB | 3200MB/s | 1800MB/s | 14.000 iops | 50.000 iops | 512MB | 200TB | 249 usd |
960 EVO 1TB | 3200MB/s | 1900MB/s | 14.000 iops | 50.000 iops | 1GB | 400TB | 479 usd |
960 Pro 512GB | 3500MB/s | 2100MB/s | 14.000 iops | 50.000 iops | 512MB | 400TB | 329 usd |
960 Pro 1TB | 3500MB/s | 2100MB/s | 14.000 iops | 50.000 iops | 1GB | 800TB | 629 usd |
960 Pro 2TB | 3500MB/s | 2100MB/s | 14.000 iops | 50.000 iops | 2GB | 1200TB | 1299 usd |
"For more than 30 years, Samsung has continued to push the boundaries of what is possible to deliver innovative consumer memory experiences," said Un-Soo Kim, Senior Vice President of Branded Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics. "Our V-NAND technology for NVMe-based storage products is our most recent advancement in the NVMe era."
The 960 PRO and 960 EVO SSDs redefine the personal computer performance, in part attributed to new controller which raises the bar of consumer SSD performance. The 960 PRO delivers peak sequential read and write transfer speeds of 3,500 MB/s and 2,100 MB/s, respectively, and random read and write IOPS of up to 440,000 and 360,000.
On top of being the world's fastest M.2 NVMe- SSD, the 960 PRO will also offer 2 terabyte (TB) capacity, which is the highest capacity commercially available for M.2 NVMe SSDs, along with 512GB and 1TB versions.2 The 960 PRO's high density was made possible by Samsung V-NAND technology and the uniquely restructured package design. As user capacity demand trends continue to rise, the high-density 960 PRO capacities are poised to conveniently meet the needs of personal data and information storage. The 960 PRO promises additional reliability and endurance with the five-year limited warranty and up to 1.2 petabytes written (PBW), whichever occurs first, for the 2TB capacity.
"We were proud to erect the NVMe era last year with the introduction of our 950 PRO SSD. Now, with the introduction of the NVMe 960 PRO and 960 EVO SSDs, Samsung is once again taking the next step in the multi-terabyte SSD technology and the storage revolution, providing users higher capacities and speeds than ever before within an NVMe PCIe drive to create new possibilities for consumers and business professionals," Kim added.
The 960 EVO is available in 250GB, 500GB and 1TB capacities3 and provide users with next-generation personal computing performance. The new Samsung Intelligent TurboWrite technology makes its debut in the 960 EVO and accelerates sequential read and write speeds, that reach peaks of 3,200 MB/s and 1,900 MB/s respectively.4,5 The 960 EVO's random read speed reaches up to 380,000 IOPS and random write speed up to 360,000 IOPS.6 The 960 EVO comes with a three-year limited warranty and up to 400 terabytes written (TBW), whichever occurs first, for the 1TB capacity version.
In addition to the industry leading performance, capacity and the reliable warranty-backed experience the 960 SSDs offer, Samsung is also introducing the all-new and fully rebuilt Magician software with a new user interface with which users can control various SSD settings including firmware updates.
The 960 PRO and 960 EVO SSDs will be available worldwide starting October 2016, with manufacturer's suggested retail prices starting at $329.99 and $129.99 USD respectively.
Samsung Preps Samsung 960 EVO M2 with Polaris Architecture - 09/13/2016 08:43 AM
And no, that's not a joke. Samsung will announce and release the Samsung 960 EVO series SSDs soon. The budget EVO models will be based the SM961 but uses 48-layer 3-bit per cell (TLC) flash. It is ...
Samsung Launches Curved CFG70 and CF791 Gaming Monitors - 08/29/2016 09:27 AM
The CFG70 (available in 24 and 27 inch) and CF791 (34-inch) monitors provide distinguished curvatures of 1800R and 1500R, respectively. Other best-in-class features include interactive LED lighting, a...
Samsung to offer GDDR6 at 14 to 16Gbps Bandwidth - Launches 2018 - 08/22/2016 05:15 PM
Currently the fastest memory you can get would be HBM (1) and GDDR5X. And while everybody thinks a transition to HMB2 is the next and only step for graphics cards you need to realize, GDDR memory isn...
Samsung C24FG70 144 Hz VA Full HD FreeSync - 08/18/2016 08:30 AM
Curved all the way, Samsung is to lunch the C24FG70 (also C24FG70FQ). This 24” model is fitted with a, 1800R curved 144Hz Full HD SVA panel. ...
Samsung announces 4th Generation V-NAND and 32TB SSD in 2.5" package - 08/11/2016 09:25 AM
Samsung has announced the fourth generation of its 3D V-NAND memory. The new tlc-NAND memory is consisting out of 64 layers, that means 512Gbit chips can be made. Samsung will also use these chips in...
Senior Member
Posts: 156
Joined: 2016-08-27
WOW
When in the stores ?
Member
Posts: 84
Joined: 2009-01-08
If those are true then I might get me 960 evo 500gb
Senior Member
Posts: 5003
Joined: 2006-05-18
according to newegg the 950 evos are still way more expensive than these aim to be
Senior Member
Posts: 7063
Joined: 2008-03-06
Glad to see more competition in the NVMe area.
I will buy a NVMe SSD by the end of this year, still there are few choices as for now.
Plextor's M8e also looks good, altough a bit slower..but uses Toshiba's MLC NAND.
I wonder, Samsung Dynamic Thermal Guard technology is implemented to overcome the thermal throttling ?
Senior Member
Posts: 440
Joined: 2010-09-23
Those stats are incredible.
Just bought a new laptop which I manually upgraded with two M.2 drives as well. Ah well, at least these will be a lot cheaper when I go for my next upgrade.