SAMSUNG 980 SSD 1TB PCle 3.0x4, NVMe M.2 2280, Internal Solid State Drive, Storage for PC, Laptops, Gaming and More, HMB Technology, Intelligent Turbowrite, Speeds of up-to 3,500MB/s, MZ-V8V1T0B/AM

Harness your PC"s potential with the 980 SSD. Whether you need a boost for gaming or a seamless workflow for heavy graphics, the 980 is a smart choice for outstanding SSD performance — and it"s all backed by an NVMe interface and PCIe 3.0 technology. Satisfy your need for speed with PCIe 3.0, using HMB technology and NVMe interface for high efficiency. The 980 delivers value, without sacrificing sequential read/write speeds up to 3,500/3,000 MB/s, over 6.2x the speed of SATA SSDs. Keep your SSD running at its peak with Full Power Mode, which drives continuous and consistent high performance. Enable through Samsung Magician software to keep your SSD in active mode with no latency, so you can instantly jump back into large intensive work files or graphics-heavy games. Unlock the full potential of 980 with Samsung Magician"s advanced, yet intuitive optimization tools. Monitor drive health, optimize performance, protect valuable data, and receive important updates with Magician to ensure you"re always getting the best performance out of your SSD.The NVM Express design mark is registered to NVM Express, Inc.HMB (Host Memory Buffer) technology enables the SSD to use the DRAM of the host system for read/write caching and buffering.Performance may vary depending on the SSD’s firmware version, system and hardware configuration. Performance measurements are based on IOmeter 1.1.0. The write performances were measured with Intelligent TurboWrite technology activated. The sequential write performances after Intelligent TurboWrite region are: up to 250 MB/s (250GB), 500 MB/s (500GB) and 900 MB/s (1TB). Test system configuration: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz,DDR4 2133MHz 8GBx2 OS-Windows 10 Pro 64bit Asrock Z-170 Extreme7+ Results are based on a comparison with Samsung SATA SSDs.TBW : Terabytes written. For 980: 150 TBW for 250GB model, 300 TBW for 500GB model, 600 TBW for 1TB model.