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Summary
- PCIe 3.0 x4 NVM Express SSD for Client PCs
- M.2 (2280)
- Samsung V-NAND 3bit MLC
- Samsung Polaris controller
- Intelligent TurboWrite
- Samsung Magician Software for SSD
management
Samsung NVMe SSD 960
EVO
The new Samsung NVMe SSD 960 EVO
expands Samsung’s Client PC NVMe SSD
line-up and brings the technology to the
mainstream market. The 960 EVO will
particularly appeal to those customers that
want to discover next generation PC
performance. It offers ultimate performance
levels and through its availability in 250GB,
500GB and 1TB capacities in combination
with its solid reliability make it the smart
customer choice.
Raising performance
expectations
Building on the PCIe Gen. 3.0 x 4 lane
interface, the 960 EVO, in combination with
Samsung’s advanced 3rd generation 3-bit
MLC V-NAND Flash, the newly developed
Polaris controller and launch of the
Intelligent TurboWrite technology, is able to
offer sequential read performance of 3,200
MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to
1,900 MB/s. It achieves random performance
of up to 380,000 IOPS and 360,000 IOPS for
read and write operations respectively. This
Samsung SSD 960 EVO M.2
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means that the 960 EVO’s performance trails
only the 960 PRO as the world’s most
advanced client PC SSD.
Resting easy with solid
reliability
Based on Samsung’s extensive experience
with 3-bit MLC Flash NAND, now in the 3rd
Generation of its acclaimed V-NAND Flash
technology, the 960 EVO promises to deliver
extensive endurance at up to 400TB of Total
Bytes Written and/or a warranty of 3 years.
The 960 EVO also delivers high sustained
performance, lower power consumption and
an innovative heat dissipating label that
prolongs peak data transferability by more
than 25% relative to the 2-bit MLC based
950 PRO.
Improved thermal solutions
In most cases of data transfers, heavy
workloads induce heat. Once temperatures
reach a threshold, memory performance
may be adversely affected. As the leader in
SSD memory solutions, the 960 EVO adopts
a new heat spreader for dissipating heat
more efficiently during heavy workload use.
It achieves this by integrating a thin copper
film and because copper is a great heat
conductor it helps to shed heat faster than
would be possible without the label.
Advanced data encryption
The 960 EVO provides the same data
encryption features as other Samsung SATA
SSDs. Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) security
technology will help keep data safe at all
times. It includes an AES 256-bit hardware-
based encryption engine to ensure that your
personal files remain secure. Being
hardware-based, the encryption engine
secures your data without performance
degradation that you may experience with a
software-based encryption. Also, the
960EVO is compliant with advanced security
management solutions (TCG Opal and
Encrypted Drive - IEEE1667).
Samsung Magician Software
The 960 EVO comes with the newly upgraded
Samsung Magician software — an advanced
software solution for users to monitor,
manage and maintain the drive. Magician
provides personalized firmware checking and
additional functions tailored for individual
user's drives. It even updates the firmware
automatically to make sure that the drive's
performance stays up to date.*
* Magician 4.9.7 and older versions do not support
Samsung NVMe SSD 960 PRO and 960 EVO.