Testseek.co.uk have collected 169 expert reviews of the Samsung M.2 980 Pro Series NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung M.2 980 Pro Series NVMe PCIe.
September 2020
(89%)
169 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(96%)
780 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Double the speed of PCIe 3.0
Works in PCIe 3.0 M.2 slots
Competitive price
Sony PS5-compatible
Good all-round specs
Unrivaled PCIe Gen4 performance
AES 256-bit encryption
Black PCB
Software package
5-year warranty
Overall performance
Magician software
The editors didn't like
No 2TB option at launch
Needs an X570 or B550 motherboard
Lacks integrated heatsink
Mediocre 4K random write performance
Stingy write endurance rating
Average endurance ratings
Costly
Needs a PCIe 4.0 supporting motherboard to get the best from it
Tested 4K performance couldn't match the official maximum figures
Kitguru says
It's been a long old while since we've seen a high-end Samsung NVMe SSD and it has certainly been worth the w
Published: 2020-10-26, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: The Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid-state drives are now available from Internet retailers. For those wondering how these SSDs compare with EXT4 under Linux against other PCIe 4.0/3.0 drives, here are a variety of benchmarks.While Samsung hasn't sent...
7GBps reading and 5GBps writing via PCIe 4, Excellent performer with PCIe 3 as well
Top-tier pricing, Relatively low TBW rating
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...
Published: 2020-09-23, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
The announcement of the Samsung 980 Pro is rather well timed, considering Phison will make its newest E18 7GB/s NVMe controller available anytime now. This new SSD generation is showing itself to have a rather unexpected rivalry between Samsung, a very we...
Published: 2020-09-22, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Abstract: We first caught a glimpse of the Samsung SSD 980 Pro all the way back at CES in early January. The highly-anticipated drive was tucked away in a display case in Samsung's massive booth on the show floor, but other than the branding, some early claimed per...
Published: 2020-09-22, Author: Sebastian , review by: pcper.com
Samsung's new 980 PRO offers transfer speeds far beyond existing PCIe Gen4 drives, pushing sequential transfer speeds very close to the rated 7000 MB/s (6900 MB/s for this 500GB variant). And while this represents a major leap over the ~5000 MB/s of Phiso...
PCIe 4.0 x4 interface with NVMe protocol, Available in 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities, Equipped with Samsung's latest 3-bit MLC V-NAND technology, Excellent sequential and random read and write speeds, Small M.2 2280 form factor, Features Intelligen
Lower endurance than 970 PRO, Write speed drops considerably when SLC cache is full, Pricey
With the 980 PRO, Samsung has raised the bar yet again, delivering one of the fastest consumer NVMe SSDs on the market today. Completely designed in-house to unleash the full potential of PCIe 4.0, this M.2 form factor SSD is powered by Samsung's next-gen...
We've waited years for the SSD 980 PRO series to arrive, but Samsung has finally delivered their first PCIe 4.0 SSD. The Samsung SSD 980 PRO series raises the performance bar for the NVMe SSD and that doesn't happen too often. The new Samsung Elpis contro...
Published: 2020-09-22, Author: Billy , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: It may be a bit later than originally planned, but Samsung's first consumer SSD to support PCIe 4.0 is here. The Samsung 980 PRO was first previewed at CES in January, but we didn't hear anything further until leaks started appearing towards the end of su...
Published: 2020-09-22, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
It's been quite a month for us here at OC3D. We've only just got over the shock of the game-changing performance from the new Nvidia RTX 3080 and Samsung turn up with a drive which is similarly epoch-making.For a long time we've said that PCI Express 3.0...
