Samsung’s new 990 Evo Plus SSD is 50 percent faster than its predecessor

We first coated the in January and famous its velocity and effectivity. Simply eight months after its launch, Samsung has now revealed its 990 Evo Plus SSD. The corporate claims it’s 50 p.c quicker than the earlier mannequin and is appropriate for gaming, enterprise and artistic duties.

Samsung says the drive makes use of its eighth technology V-NAND know-how, with a most sequential velocity of seven,250MB/s for the 990 Evo Plus’ 4TB mannequin and a write velocity restrict of 6,300 MB/s. The SSD has a nickel-coated warmth defend to stop overheating and the corporate says it’s 73 p.c extra environment friendly. For these on the lookout for the random learn and write speeds, they’re 1,050K IOPS and 1,400K IOPS, respectively.

Apart from the 4TB mannequin talked about above, the SSD can are available in 1TB and 2TB fashions. All three include Samsung Magician Software program and are able to AES-256-bit full disk encryption.

All the brand new drives shall be accessible this fall from choose retailers and Samsung’s official web site. The 1TB mannequin will promote for $110, the 2TB mannequin for $185 and the 4TB mannequin prices $345.