Samsung 960 EVO M.2 250 GB PCI Express 3.0 V-NAND NVMe Internal Solid State Drive

Discover the next advancement in SSD technology with our high-performance, highly reliable 960 EVO Series NVMe M.2 SSDs. Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) with a new Polaris controller outperforms our SATA SSDs with exceptionally fast read/write speeds, and Samsung TurboWrite technology accelerates write speeds even further. Samsung's Magician software solution provides advanced functionality to manage, monitor and optimize drive performance.

Raise your performance expectations
Enhanced bandwidth beyond the SATA interface provided by the NVMe interface, combined with the new Polaris controller facilitates sequential Read/Write speeds up to 3,200 MB/s and 1,800 MB/s respectively. Plus, the new Intelligent TurboWrite technology accelerates write speeds even further.

Rest easy with solid reliability
The 960 EVO holds its own by boasting up to 200 TBW* for the 500GB capacity model and is backed by a 3-year limited warranty. Dynamic Thermal Guard prevents overheating, protecting your data and ensuring optimal performance.
*TBW : Terabytes Written

Manage your drive like magic
The 960 EVO comes with the newly upgraded Magicianan advanced software solution for users to monitor, manage and maintain the drive. Magician provides personalized firmware checking and additional functions tailored for individual user's drives. It even updates the firmware automatically to make sure that the drive's performance stays up to date.

Product Specifics

Model 960 EVO SSD Form Factor M.2 SSD Capacity 250 GB Interface PCI Express 3.0 Memory Type V-NAND Hardware Encryption Y Security Algorithms 256-bit AES Read Speed 3200 MB/s Write Speed 1500 MB/s S.M.A.R.T. Support Y TRIM Support Y Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) 1500000 h NVMe Y NVMe Version 1.2 PCI Express Interface Data Lanes x4 Controller Type Samsung Polaris Protection Features Shock resistant Product Color Black Operating Shock 1500 G Operating Temperature (T-T) 0 - 70 °C Storage Temperature (T-T) -40 - 85 °C Operating Relative Humidity (H-H) 5 - 95% Storage Relative Humidity (H-H) 5 - 95% Power Consumption (average) 5.4 W Maximum Read (4KB) 380000 IOPS Maximum Write (4KB) 360000 IOPS Launch Date 2/14/2017