Although the 960 Evo has been outfitted with TLC memory instead of MLC, the claimed impact on performance is minor with sequential read speeds dropping from 3.5GB/s to 3.2GB/s and write throughput going from 2.1GB/s to 1.9GB/s. Like the 960 Pro, the 960 Evo is powered by Samsung's Polaris controller coupled with Samsung's 48-layer V-NAND. That's still pretty pricey compared to TLC SATA drives such as the Crucial MX300, but we also expect the 960 Evo to have a performance advantage. The crazy thing here is that the 250GB model costs $130, taking the cost per gigabyte for this series down to ~$0.50. ![]() ![]() Remedying this concern, Samsung has unleashed its more affordable 960 Evo series, which is also made in a smaller 250GB capacity. The only drawback to Samsung's new series so far appears to be the price and while not outrageous by any means, a cost of $0.64/GB for the cheapest model is still expensive. ![]() The 960 Pro's class-leading M.2 NVMe performance, excellent endurance ratings, and five-year warranty positioned it as the fastest consumer-grade SSD power users could hope to get their hands on. ![]() It's been a rather long wait for enthusiasts and while it should be possible to order a 960 Pro, the drive is currently out of stock in all capacities on Newegg and strangely the 1TB variant isn't expected to show until January 2. We liked what we saw when we tested Samsung's SSD 960 Pro nearly a month ago, however availability for the company's new flagship M.2 NVMe SSD has been spotty at best.
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