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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
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Power Calculator
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Will It Run?
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Samsung

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price | $/GB | Availability |
|---|
| Total |
|---|
Newegg | $199.99 | $0.200 | In Stock | $199.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The Samsung 960 Evo 1TB is an M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 SSD, offering significantly faster sequential read/write speeds than SATA SSDs. It is suitable for users requiring high-speed storage for operating systems, applications, and large files. While still a strong performer, newer PCIe Gen4 drives offer higher peak performance.
Verdict
“Good for users needing fast, reliable storage on a PCIe Gen3 platform.”
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
3,028 MB/s
Sequential Write
1,251 MB/s
4K Random Read
380K IOPS
4K Random Write
360K IOPS
SLC Cache
42GB
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
400 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.22 DWPD
MTBF
1.5M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache — what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
Yes (1024 MB)
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