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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
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
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 |
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| Total |
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Newegg | $299.75 | $0.300 | In Stock | $299.75 | Buy |
About This Product
The Samsung 980 1TB is an M.2 NVMe SSD utilizing PCIe 3.0 x4, offering sequential read speeds up to 3,500 MB/s and write speeds up to 3,000 MB/s. It is a suitable upgrade for users with older SATA SSDs or HDDs looking for a significant performance boost in general computing tasks and gaming. While it offers strong PCIe 3.0 performance, it is outperformed by newer PCIe 4.0 drives in sustained heavy workloads, though it remains competitive for its price point among other PCIe 3.0 NVMe options.
Verdict
βGood value for users needing a fast PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD for everyday use and gaming.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
3,500 MB/s
Sequential Write
3,000 MB/s
4K Random Read
17K IOPS
4K Random Write
54K IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
600 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.33 DWPD
calculated from TBW
MTBF
1.5M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
No
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