Samsung 980 500GB NVMe SSD Review

A quick look over the drive specifications, the Samsung 980 uses a new “Pablo” 4-channel in-house controller paired with the companies own TLC V-NAND and a 64MB HMB from the Operating System.

The form factor is the typical m.2 2280 with performance reaching 3100 MB/s read and 2600 MB/s write, while random performance will see roughly 400K read IOPS and 470K write IOPS. Reliability offers a rating of 300TBW for the 500GB model over the five-year warranty period.