Samsung Releases 990 EVO Plus Gen4 SSDs

Key Takeaways

• Samsung’s 990 EVO Plus Gen4 SSDs offer faster speeds and power efficiency improvements at a reduced price point.
• The SSDs come in sizes from 1TB to 4TB, with read and write speeds of up to 7,250 MB/s and 6,300 MB/s.
• Ideal for gamers and video editors, the Samsung 990 EVO Plus Gen4 SSDs provide enhanced performance and storage space.

Samsung has launched its 990 EVO Plus Gen4 SSDs that provide a significant boost over the original 990 EVO SSDs. Samsung fans can expect PCIe 4.0 support, faster reading and writing speeds, and improved power efficiency, among other things.

These days, many consumers know Samsung best for its phones and tablets, but the company has been designing computer parts for a long time. Samsung releases new models of SSDs fairly often, with the original 990 EVO SSD line launching back in January 2024. While this launch is arriving less than a year later, the improvements promised in the new products sound like they’re well worth upgrading for.

Samsung’s 990 EVO Plus Gen4 M.2 SSDs are now available for sale in sizes starting at 1TB and going as high as 4TB. According to Samsung’s press release, the 990 EVO Plus Gen4 SSDs feature read and write speeds up to 7,250 MB/s and 6,300 MB/s respectively, with random read and write speeds of up to 1,050K IOPS and 1,400K IOPS. The Samsung SSDs include a nickel-coated heat shield that reduces overheating, AES 256-bit Full Disk Encryption, and Samsung’s TurboWrite 2.0 software to improve transfer speeds and reduce lag.

The Samsung 990 EVO Plus Gen4 SSDs come in three sizes and prices. The 1TB model retails at $109.99, while the 2TB and 4TB are $184.99 and $344.99, respectively. Impressively, this is a lower price than the original 990 EVO SSDs from Samsung, which were $124.99 for the 1TB model and $209.99 for the 2TB model. This makes it an even better deal, as Samsung points out that the sequential read and write speeds have improved 50% and power efficiency has improved by 73% over the older model. Gamers can expect better performance at an even better price.

Who are The Samsung 990 EVO Plus Gen4 SSDs For?

While anyone can potentially benefit from the improved performance and greater storage of the Samsung 990 EVO Plus Gen4 SSDs, they will be particularly suitable for gamers and anyone who works with video editing or streaming. The M.2 SSD’s speed and performance will help PCs to run programs faster and will provide a massive improvement for anyone who is still using a HDD.

As technology continues to improve, the cost of SSDs continues to drop while performance gets better. Anyone who needs more storage space and/or wants their computer to run better should consider the Samsung 990 EVO Plus Gen4s as a potential upgrade.

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  Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB M.2

  The Samsung 990 Pro is their most advanced PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD with read and write speeds up to 7450/6900 MB/s. The 4 TB variant comes with 4096 MB of DRAM cache and a 5-year warranty, which makes it stand out from the competition. It’s a major improvement over the 980 Pro in terms of power efficiency and performance, which are crucial in heavy workloads and gaming. 

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  Samsung 990 EVO SSD 1TB

  $80 $90 Save $10

  The Samsung 990 EVO SSD is a PCIe 5.0 compatible 1 TB storage drive that brings speeds that are not the fastest in the industry, but still at the peak of the PCIe 4.0 standard. It is capable of up to 5,000 MB/s read and 4,200 MB/s write speeds. It uses V-NAND TLC technology and is rated for 600TB TBW.