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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
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
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Samsung
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Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
About This Product
The Samsung 990 EVO is a 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD utilizing PCIe 5.0 x2 lanes. This configuration offers sequential read/write speeds that are competitive with mid-range PCIe 4.0 drives, but significantly slower than full PCIe 5.0 x4 SSDs. It is suitable for general computing and light content creation tasks, offering a performance upgrade over SATA SSDs without the premium cost of high-end PCIe 5.0 solutions.
Verdict
βGood for users needing a modern NVMe upgrade without demanding top-tier PCIe 5.0 speeds.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
4,369 MB/s
Sequential Write
2,640 MB/s
4K Random Read
326 IOPS
4K Random Write
122 IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
1,200 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.33 DWPD
calculated from TBW
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
No
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