There's no disputing the best-in-class performance of the 990 Pro, even without the PCIe 5.0 standard. In terms of sheer speeds, Kingston’s Fury Renegade is perhaps the closest challenger to the Samsung 990 Pro, though the victor of this comparison will largely depend on what is more valuable to you: Kingston’s drive will have slightly slower read speeds of 7,300 MB/s and slightly faster 7,000 MB/s write speeds compared to Samsung's latest and greatest. Samsung 990 Pro: Should you buy it?

Very rarely do we even take a second glance at sequential write throughput because we don't consider it to be an important performance metric, but this time the result here caught our attention. Never before in the history of consumer SSDs have we seen anything other than Phison-controlled SSDs hit the milestone of 7,000 MB/s sequential write throughput. The 1TB 990 PRO does it without a problem on our Intel Platform. Impressive. el3lnwiccuqxax5btzpq-pbifp1-07760bdf0-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwiccuqxax5bu23q-p2ez1a-7d289db29-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwixzp4swx5bs5pq-pnfw20-03cb87b70-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwixzp4swx5bsryq-p52tb9-f3dab0dd0-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwixzp4swx5bu35q-pdannf-fd1139023-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwixzp4swx5buxna-pyccr1-f710a073b-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, el3lnwky3wdkax5bsxbq-p3hn9l-a2a7437e4-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net,clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 54-75-41-190_s-23-203-249-90_ts-1604429433-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 54-75-41-190_s-23-203-249-90_ts-1604429456-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 54-75-41-190_s-92-123-140-11_ts-1604427291-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 54-75-41-190_s-92-123-140-11_ts-1604427412-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 54-75-41-190_s-95-101-129-96_ts-1604425019-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, elzm74yccuqwcx5btaca-p2p13t-2edd5f4d6-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, elzm74yccuqwcx5buakq-p7s1ie-7095e2510-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, elzm74yccuqxax5b2o7q-partxm-0ba99e22d-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, elzm74yccuqxax5bs6fa-pnivpg-c492934bb-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, elzm74yccuqxax5bt5qq-pcrjf9-bdc24fa26-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, elzm74yccuqxax5bzp4q-pkl6rx-fb475a90e-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, elzm74yxzp4swx5bs4ga-p9xzbs-ed47165ae-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, i22f44600-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i22f47c00-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i22f4a100-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i22f55c00-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i22f5ca00-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i22f6b100-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i22f7bf00-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i22fdb800-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i22fdd700-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i3430c200-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i34d04400-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i34d71700-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i36486200-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, i364b2700-ds-aksb-a.akamaihd.net, The 990 Pro uses Samsung's TLC 3D NAND V7 memory with 176 layers. This explains among other things, the increase in write throughput, since a cell with the 7th generation TLC 3D NAND is written twice as fast as with the 6th generation, which is still the case with the 980 Pro was installed. The SSD in a setup with AMD Ryzen 7 3800X on a GigaByte X570 Aorus Master and attested to its strong performance in PCMARK 10. In this test, the 990 Pro outperforms the Seagate Firecuda 530, which is one of the best SSDs in the segment so far, by 39%. This result indicates consistent performance that rivals the competition at the top. Samsung 990 Pro: Best Samsung SSDs UK Samsung’s prior generation 980 Pro trailed both the WD and Kingston drives in both PCMark 10 and 3DMark storage tests. Given the level of performance that we got from the 990 Pro this year, Samsung’s latest flagship is a solid upgrade for anyone with an older drive, especially data scientists and gamers who need this level of performance.

In sequential workloads, the 990 Pro significantly outpaced the 970 EVO Plus in both reads and writes, but when the queue depth is low, you'll see a slight gap in reads. However, it's unlikely you'll run into many modern applications where SSD performance actually matters but the queue depth is only one or two. When transferring large files, the 990 Pro is almost twice as fast as the 970 EVO Plus. To speed up the delivery of your static content (e.g., images, style sheets, JavaScript, etc.) to viewers across the globe gzfsozyccuqwcx5bs3dq-p2yzo8-69eb1f4d7-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, gzfsozyccuqwcx5bs4qa-p299q7-a9521f4ee-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, gzfsozyccuqwcx5bsyyq-pv69oz-aed1b09c6-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, gzfsozyccuqwcx5bwfuq-pw4gfb-c2c42381f-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, gzfstpqccuqvax5bssvq-p0x8hm-7a3d7367f-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, gzfstpqccuqvax5bsxsq-p2oajs-b2e67f00b-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, gzfstpqccuqvax5bsy3a-pfuzjd-60f8ba5de-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net, All of this is possible thanks to the new in-house Pascal Controller,” Samsung explained of the 990 Pro’s class-leading performance. “It optimizes the data path from NAND through hardware automation technology and reduces processing time through cache algorithm.” On laptops, Samsung promises up to 50% better power efficiency with the 990 Pro. The flagship SSD uses Samsung’s new 8nm proprietary controller, which helps drive better power efficiency and should lead to better battery performance on mobile devices.For starters, this means that gamers on older rigs would be able to experience some of the speed benefits of the new 990 Pro memory. The move to remain on the Gen 4 standard also likely means that Samsung is able to better control pricing and manage yields. clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 54-154-186-178_s-23-203-249-90_ts-1604427498-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 54-154-186-178_s-23-203-249-90_ts-1604431774-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 54-154-186-178_s-92-123-142-66_ts-1604427735-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 54-246-30-86_s-23-203-249-81_ts-1604425115-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, 54-246-30-86_s-23-203-249-81_ts-1604427273-clienttons-s.akamaihd.net, That all paints a picture of a drive that's not only faster than the previous generation but also uses less power for each operation. Both are very important measurements, especially when you're looking for both speed and efficiency. With the 990 Pro, Samsung has gone from competent and reliable performer with the prior generation 980 Pro to a competitive beast with the 990 Pro that crushes the competition. Samsung's 990 Pro is a great choice for people who know they're going to be encountering large files daily and need to access them or move them.

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