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Synthetic Tests: Basic IO Patterns Advanced Synthetic Tests: Block Sizes and Cache Size Effects Mixed IO Performance and Idle Power Management Conclusion The new Samsung SSD 980 is the first retail-ready entry-level NVMe SSD from Samsung. Compared to previous SSDs from Samsung, it lacks any three-letter suffix at the end: it's not a PRO, nor an EVO, or even a QVO drive, because it doesn't fit into the established conventions for those product tiers. The SSD 980 slots into the product stacl at the bottom, but leaves a big enough gap for another, possibly better, model to come in later. Sa...

Samsung 980 NVMe SSD review: Low-ball pricing, light-duty performance The 980 is by far Samsung's most affordable NVMe SSD yet. Credit: Samsung The Samsung 980 NVMe SSD may share a naming convention with its cousin, the 980 Pro, but the company may cause some confusion by associating the two. The mighty Samsung 980 Pro is the fastest end-user NVMe SSD we’ve ever tested under just about any kind of load. The 980, while super-affordable, at times resides at the opposite end of the performance spectrum. The likely reason? The 980 uses your system’s memory as its primary cache, rath...

Mar 9, 2021 11:00 EST with 18 comments Samsung has introduced its first-ever consumer SSD without a DRAM cache, which it's simply called the 980. Naturally, this is a step down from the 980 Pro, and in addition to ditching DRAM, it only supports PCIe 3.0 instead of PCIe 4.0. Sacrificing the DRAM cache on the drive is likely a bit controversial since DRAM typically helps data on the drive be located by the host PC much quicker, and some DRAM-less drives can be as slow as a traditional hard drive. That's also part of the reason DRAM-less drives tend to be much cheaper. However, Sa...

Source: Windows Central We're approaching a point now where new PCIe 3.0 SSDs will be looked upon in a similar way to a new SATA SSD. As good as they may be, we've already hit the limits the technology can offer and started moving forward. As Intel finally starts supporting PCIe 4.0, you'd hope that we'll see more and more of the new generation going forward. Samsung already has a PCIe 4.0 SSD. The superb Samsung 980 Pro launched in 2020 and it's an absolute screamer, easily one of the best SSDs on the market today. The latest from the company, the Samsung 980, is perhaps a little confusing s...

Samsung has announced the 980, its latest version in its consumer lineup of NVMe SSDs. Unlike its previous models, this is Samsung’s first NVMe SSD to lack DRAM, so it’s priced for people on a budget.