980 NVMe SSD 1TB
New Model New Features
05/12/2021 15:31
So I’ve been looking for an NVMe drive for a while now. I was late to hop on the typical 3.5” SATA SSD train back in 2010ish, and likewise have been out of the loop on the newest technology which is NVMe drives running on PCIe lanes. For those that aren’t too tech savvy, a typical 3.5” SATA SSD (the square drives that hook up with a data and power cable) has a speed of 600 MB/s. An M2 NVMe drive (like the Samsung 980) has a capable speed of 3500 MB/s. Simply put, NVMe is the next generation of data storage. Gone are the days of bulky hard drives, and 3.5” SATA SSD’s are on their way out too.
With all that being said, most places online will tell you that the difference in upgrading from a 3.5” SATA SSD to an M.2 NVMe drive will be minimal. I assure you that is NOT the case here. The Samsung 980 uses PCIe Gen 3 technology. Coupled with the fact that the SLC cache is now entirely dynamic vs it’s predecessors means this drive is not like others. What this means in Laymans terms is this: Do you ever wonder why when you copy a large file from one drive to another it always starts off fast and then slows down? The cache is a major reasoning for that. Once a drive uses up all it’s “cache” (temp) storage, then it has to write directly to the location where the file is going, which is A LOT slower. With Samsungs new dynamic cache on the 980, that temp storage, “cache”, can be scaled. Up to a degree that is. You will still hit peak performance a degradation at some point, but that will be at a much later point. For the average user though, you will probably never hit this point on this memory drive.
With that being said, I don’t like to do too many speed tests on my drives as that puts wear on them unnecessarily. So the only numbers I have are from my everyday tasks. Coming from a 3.5” SATA SSD to this Samsung 980, my Windows boot time went from 7.6 to 5.3 seconds. That’s about a 30% increase! Game load times decreased by an average of 20%. I did not do any hard heavy file copying, but my daily backup (running in the background) has decreased in time by 35% (mainly I think due to the dynamic SLC cache). If the rest of my speeds on memory are even half as improved, this drive definitely makes a worthwhile upgrade for any computer.
Overall, Samsung once again is smashing the competition in terms of all around package. The best in class 5 year warranty along with the newest technology will make sure this drive will outlast most other components of your PC.
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