Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Samsung SSD990 EVO Plus 2TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. 128KB Sequential Performance8. 4K Random Read v QD Performance9. 4K Random Write v QD Performance10. 4K 70/30 Mixed Performance11. 4K Random Performance QD1-QD812. Throughput13. PCMark 10 Full System Drive Benchmark14. 3DMark Storage Benchmark 15. Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Official Benchmark16. Temperatures17. Real Life File Testing18. Gen 4.0 x4 v Gen 5.0 x2 Performance19. Closing Thoughts20. View All Pages

The 3DMark Storage Benchmark uses traces recorded from popular games and gaming-related activities to measure real-world gaming performance.

Traces used –

Battlefield V
Loading Battlefield™ V from launch to the main menu.

Call of Duty Black Ops 4
Loading Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4 from launch to the main menu.

Overwatch
Loading Overwatch® from launch to the main menu.

Game Move
Copying the Steam folder for Counter-Strike®: Global Offensive from an external SSD to the system drive.

Game Recording
Recording a 1080p gameplay video at 60 FPS with OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) while playing Overwatch®.

Installing Game
Installing The Outer Worlds® from the Epic Games Launcher.

Game Saving
Saving progress in The Outer Worlds game.

Battlefield V

The SSD990 EVO Plus did well in the Battlefield V test. Its test result of 1,175MB/s was 80MB/s faster than that of the PRO version of the SSD990.

Call of Duty Black Ops 4

The drive slipped into seventh place on the results chart for the Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 test with a test result figure of 933.51MB/s, 237.4 MB/s faster than the SSD990 PRO.

Overwatch

In the Overwatch game loading test, the SSD990 EVO Plus test result of 480MB/s sees it just inside the top ten of drives we have tested to date with this test.

Game Move

In the game moving test the SSD990 EVO Plus is 260MB/s slower than the older SSD990 PRO.

Game Recording

In the Game Recording test, the SSD990 EVO Plus finished a few places higher in the results table than the older SSD990 PRO drive.

Installing Game

The Game Installation test is one of the few in the 3DMark Storage test where the Samsung SSD990 EVO Plus is beaten by the older Samsung SSD990 PRO.

Game Saving

In the Game Move test, there isn't much to choose between the two Samsung SSD990 drives.

Overall Access Time

Overall Bandwidth

Samsung's 2TB SSD990 EVO Plus does well overall in the 3DMark Storage Benchmark with an average bandwidth figure of 628.74MB/s, which is good enough for sixth place in the results chart.

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