About This Product

Discover the next advancement in SSD technology with our high-performance, highly reliable 960 EVO Series NVMe M.2 SSDs. Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) with a new Polaris controller outperforms our SATA SSDs with exceptionally fast read/write speeds, and Samsung TurboWrite technology accelerates write speeds even further. Samsung's Magician software solution provides advanced functionality to manage, monitor and optimize drive performance.

Raise your performance expectations

Enhanced bandwidth beyond the SATA interface provided by the NVMe interface, combined with the new Polaris controller facilitates sequential Read/Write speeds up to 3,200 MB/s and 1,800 MB/s respectively. Plus, the new Intelligent TurboWrite technology accelerates write speeds even further.

Rest easy with solid reliability

The 960 EVO holds its own by boasting up to 200 TBW* for the 500GB capacity model and is backed by a 3-year limited warranty. Dynamic Thermal Guard prevents overheating, protecting your data and ensuring optimal performance.

Manage your drive like magic

The 960 EVO comes with the newly upgraded Magician—an advanced software solution for users to monitor, manage and maintain the drive. Magician provides personalized firmware checking and additional functions tailored for individual user's drives. It even updates the firmware automatically to make sure that the drive's performance stays up to date.

 

Type
Product Type

NVMe M.2

Usage Application

Yes

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.2

 

Storage
Capacity

500 GB

 

Key Features

Sequential Read Speed

Up to 3,200 MB/sec**

Sequential Write Speed

Up to 1,800 MB/sec**

Random Read Speed

Random Read (4KB, QD32):
Up to 330,000 IOPS (Thread 4)**
Random Read (4KB, QD1):
Up to 14,000 IOPS (Thread 1)**

Random Write Speed

Random Write (4KB, QD32):
Up to 330,000 IOPS (Thread 4)**
Random Write (4KB, QD1):
Up to 50,000 IOPS (Thread 1)**

Controller

Samsung Polaris controller

NAND Flash

Yes

Trim Support

Yes

AES Encryption

AES 256-bit for User Data Encryption, TCG Opal

S.M.A.R.T. Support

Yes

GC (Garbage Collection)

Auto Garbage Collection Algorithm

Device Sleep Mode Support

5mW(L1.2)

Internal Storage

Yes

Temperature proof

Yes

NVMe

Yes

 

General

Power Consumption (W)

*Average: Typ. 5.4 Watts, Idle : 40mW *Actual power consumption may vary depending on system hardware & configuration

Reliability (MTBF)

1.5 Million Hours Reliability (MTBF)

 

Environmental Specs
Operating Temperature

32ºF - 158ºF

Shock

1500G , duration 0.5m sec, 3 axis

 

Form Factor
Product

NVMe M.2

 

Dimensions (W x D x H)
Product

3.15" x 0.87" x 0.09"