The writing speed has been greatly upgraded. Samsung 990 PRO may be the most worthwhile SSD for you to iterate this year.

In November 2022, Samsung’s new flagship SSD——990 PRO, was officially launched. This product that further refreshes the reading and writing speed of PCIe 4.0 SSD has also become my key focus. If you have been using PCIe 3.0 SSD or earlier products before, or are friends who need high reading and writing speed, Samsung’s new flagship 990 PRO should not be missed.

Although PCIe4.0 has been launched for a long time, PCIe 4.0 SSD is still in the mainstream, so 990 PRO is also an SSD product that meets the needs of consumers. The 990 PRO brought by Samsung has brought faster sequential reading and writing speed. Official data show that the 990 PRO can achieve the sequential reading speed of 7450MB/s and the sequential writing speed of 6900MB/s with the corresponding interface and platform. It can also be seen from the actual test that the sequential reading speed of Samsung 990 PRO can reach 7461MB/s, and the writing speed can also reach above 6900 MB/s.. In contrast, the sequential reading and writing speeds of the previous generation 980 PRO were 7000MB/s and 5100MB/s, respectively, which increased the reading speed by 6%, but the writing speed increased by nearly 40%.

Thanks to the new and enhanced smart TurboWrite 2.0 technology, the smart TurboWrite 2.0 buffer (TruboWrite area) of Samsung 990 PRO is three times larger than that of 970 EVO Plus. This allows the 990 PRO to have a larger buffer range and maintain a higher reading and writing speed.

Taking the 1TB model as an example, the default TurboWrite area is 6 GB, and 990 PRO will allocate another 108 GB as the dynamic SLC buffer, thus increasing the SLC buffer to 114 GB, which is also consistent with our test results. The buffer space of 1TB Samsung 990 PRO is nearly 117GB, while the intelligent cache space of 2TB version is as high as 226GB, which is enough for users to copy unconventional large files, and it is difficult for users to fill the buffer space in daily use.

Samsung 990 PRO also ushered in an improvement in the 4K random reading and writing level. The 4K random reading and writing scores of QD32T16 (queue 32, thread 16) reached 1400KIPOS and 1550KIPOS, respectively. This improvement will be obvious to users in the process of reading and writing a large number of small files in daily life. Compared with 980 PRO, the random performance of 990 PRO series is improved by 55%, so it is especially suitable for running heavyweight games and completing creative and efficient tasks.

The new self-developed Pascal controller plays a key role in improving the random performance of 4K. The hardware automation technology optimizes the data path from NAND and shortens the processing time by caching algorithm. At the same time, Pascal master controller of 990 PRO has nickel coating, and heat dissipation label is attached on the back of the disk, which can effectively manage heat dissipation. Samsung’s dynamic thermal protection (DTG) technology further ensures that the temperature of SSD is kept at the optimal level, and reduces the performance fluctuation that may occur during long-term operation.

For SSD, the improvement of performance usually consumes more power. However, 990 PRO has achieved efficient energy management, and its performance per watt is 50% higher than that of 980 PRO. Low power design can also give full play to the performance of PCIe 4.0.

It is worth mentioning that Samsung 990 PRO also has a heat sink version, the body of which is only 8.2 mm thick, which meets the standard of PCI-SIG D8 and can be used with desktop computers.game playerandnotebookComputer compatibility. The heat sink version is expected to be on sale this year, and friends who have special needs for heat dissipation can wait.

Samsung 990 PRO supports version 7.2 of Magician software, and users can fully master it.hard disc, you can also perform diagnostic scanning, PSID (Physical Security Code) recovery, switch the excellent performance mode and other operations on the hard disk, and you can also safely erase data, restore and encrypt the drive. It is worth mentioning that the Magician software version 7.2 also integrates the data migration function, which users can install or upgrade.solid state diskMore convenient.

Samsung 990 PRO is currently on the market, and it ranks among the top performance rankings in PCIe 4.0 SSD market. Excellent master control and granularity, excellent power consumption and heat dissipation control, greatly improved writing performance and 4K random reading and writing performance, whether you are a fever-level gamer or a user who has high requirements for data reading and writing, 990 PRO can become the PCIe 4.0 SSD most worthy of your iteration. At present, Samsung’s flagship store offers a lot of discounts. The price of 990 PRO 1TB version fans is only 999 yuan. Give yourself a gift when you start working in the new year ~