Conclusion, Pricing, and Final Thoughts
Conclusion
PROS
- Best performing M.2 (TLC) SSDs tested to date
- Outsanding performance for their price
- Write speeds in our mixed workload test beat even the 960 PRO
CONS
- Compared to 600p, cost is still high (but these 960 EVO outperforms by a large margin)
Pricing and Warranty (MSRP)
- 250GB – $130 ($0.52/GB)
- 500GB – $250 ($0.50/GB)
- 1TB – $480 ($0.48/GB)
Warranty period is 3 years rated at 100 TBW for 250GB, 200 TBW for 500GB, and 400TB for the 1TB model.
Final Thoughts
Samsung has finally brought their TurboWrite technology to an NVMe M.2 SSD, and it absolutely did not disappoint! Performance of the tested 250GB and 1TB samples came close to the 960 PRO and frequently outpaced even the 950 PRO. The new TurboWrite caches are even larger on these new models, ranging from 13GB to 42GB (!) for the 1TB model, keeping write speeds high and giving the 960 EVOs an edge in our simultaneous mixed workload testing – even beating the 960 PRO in that particular metric! Coupling outstanding performance with competitive pricing makes the 960 EVO a tough act to follow!
The Samsung 960 EVO is my new default recommendation for power users on a budget.
Hmm, maybe add 850 evo raid
Hmm, maybe add 850 evo raid into the chart? Obviously testing every single drive in raid takes way too long, but raid 850 evo or raid of a budget drive seems like an interesting data point that doesn’t take way too long.
As tempting as it may be I
As tempting as it may be I cannot find myself ever buying a TLC drive for anything other than a scratch drive, cache drive etc.
Why? Because of the lifespan
Why? Because of the lifespan of TLC drives?
https://us.hardware.info/reviews/4178/hardwareinfo-tests-lifespan-of-samsung-ssd-840-250gb-tlc-ssd-updated-with-final-conclusion
As an AMD owner, I’d love to
As an AMD owner, I’d love to see benchmarks of this on a motherboard with a PCIe 2.0 4x m.2 connector (like the Gigabyte 990fx-gamer). Does it completely saturate the 20Gb/s bandwidth?
Wow, poor showing in the
Wow, poor showing in the Intel 600p. I feel bad for those who upgraded to the Intel drive on the assumption NVME would be a big boost over a SATA6GB SSD.
The Client QD weighted chart makes it look like it might actually be worth upgrading from a SATA to NVME SSD for real world performance.
I’m curious where the OEM LiteON SSD in my Dell laptop would fit into the mix.
Awesome review. Really like
Awesome review. Really like the detailed info about the topic. I would love to ask one thing about these drives. Will I gain any performance boost by moving from X79 (DMI 1) to Z170 (DMI 3) ?
Thanks 😉
question about endurance or
question about endurance or TBW ssd 960 evo 250gb.
it’s said 100 TBW but is it true
for for example i have ssd mx300 and according to crucial software
and other software like crstal disk the total write is 500000gb and life of the ssd around 15%, in the website of crucial the TBW of the ssd 160 TBW so it clean way above that.
i am interesting in buying the SSD 960 evo 250GB SO MY QUESTION IS :
WHAT IS THE REAL TWB OF THE SSD 960 EVO or the max write of the ssd until it die ?