Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD

Overview

The Samsung 980 Pro is nearly as fast as its competition, offering impressive 6,700MB/s read and 2,700MB/s write speeds. That's good enough for storing OS and primary applications, with capacious, faster versions (500GB, 1TB, and 2TB) also available for more demanding users.

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Samsung 990 Pro NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD

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TechnicalSides Metascore

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9.6

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Last revision on December 16, 2022

Reviewers Liked

Unrivaled PCIe Gen4 performance
Super fast sequentials
TurboWrite 2.0 works well
Samsung Magician is awesome
Better built-in cooling
AES 256-bit encryption
5-year warranty

Reviewers Didn't Like

Unexciting 300TBW endurance
High cost per gigabyte
PCIe 4.0 limited to only AMD X570 and B550 platform (performance limited on other systems)

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Expert reviews and ratings

By TechnicalSides on January 05, 2021

If you do lots of content creation or data-intensive work where you regularly move around large files, the extra $30 on top for the Samsung 980 Pro might be justified though. For everyone else, you'll be safe saving that money and putting it towards other components in your build.

By TechAdvisor on October 19, 2020 80

The sprint performance of the 980 Pro is fantastic, but current NAND technology has its limits for extended operations. With the need for specific PC hardware and the high cost per GB, this solution is only for those who aren’t budget constrained.

By KitGuru on September 25, 2020 90

It’s been a long old while since we’ve seen a high-end Samsung NVMe SSD and it has certainly been worth the wait as the SSD980 PRO has put the company firmly back in the spotlight in the high performance consumer market space.

By PCWorld on September 23, 2020 90

The Samsung 980 Pro is the NVMe SSD you want--if you're rocking PCIe 4 (Ryzen-exclusive as of this writing). For more common PCIe 3-equipped systems, it's still a great drive, but not significantly better than the lower-priced competition.

By PCPer on September 22, 2020 90

This is an impressive entry into the PCI-E 4.0 realm for Samsung, with the move to 3-bit NAND, however logical, a little disappointing for a product with the PRO name. We’re living in a TLC/QLC world now, and Samsung’s adoption of 3-bit NAND for their flagship likely signals the end of 2-bit MLC in consumer drives.

By OC3D on September 22, 2020 90

If you want a drive which is the fastest consumer drive on the planet, and comes with the reassurance that you get from a Samsung product, then the 980 Pro is unquestionably the drive for you. Indeed the only question is whether you have a PCI Express 4.0 motherboard capable of making the most of it. If you haven't, and won't for a while, then stick with the 970 Pro.

By Tom's Hardware on September 22, 2020 90

Are you looking for the best? Look no further. With the fastest performance we have seen from a NAND SSD yet, Samsung’s 980 Pro makes other NVMe SSDs look slow.

By PCGamer on September 22, 2020 88

Those headline grabbing sequential figures are impressive, but the day-to-day performance isn't quite the leap that many were hoping for. It's also a bit too pricey.

By TweakTown on September 22, 2020 98

The best performing flash-based consumer SSD we've tested to date. Get one!

By HotHardware on September 22, 2020 90

Although it wasn't a clean sweep across the board, Samsung's new SSD 980 Pro series of drives are arguably the fastest consumer SSDs currently available, for now. The 250GB and 1TB drives we tested offered the best overall read performance we have seen from a consumer SSD to date, especially at lower queue depths, which is key for traditional desktop / mobile use cases.

By WindowsCentral on September 22, 2020 80

Samsung's 980 Pro isn't the absolute fastest PCIe 4.0 drive you can buy, but it continues the company's tradition of blistering performance, quality, and a fair price.

By PCMag on September 22, 2020 90

Samsung's PCI Express 4.0-based SSD 980 Pro will delight upgraders and PC builders who have deep pockets (and a compatible AMD desktop platform). It delivers the fastest theoretical performance from a mainstream SSD we’ve seen to date.

By LegitReviews on September 22, 2020 90

The Samsung SSD 980 PRO series is here and delivers outstanding performance that makes it the fastest drive on the market in many of our tests!

By StorageReview on February 02, 2021

The Samsung 980 Pro was the most impressive PCIe Gen4 SSD to hit the market and it now comes in capacities of 2TB. The drive leverages the company’s sixth-generation of VNAND and its latest Elpis controller to bring quoted speeds as high as 7GB/s read and over 1 million IOPS. The 2TB version brings all the benefits of the earlier version with twice the maximum capacity while still all fitting on a single side.

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