![]() For good measure, we threw in Intel’s Optane SSD 905P to define the upper limits of pricey performance. Of course, we couldn’t forget about Adata’s XPG SX8200 Pro, one of the all-around best values, nor SK hynix’s Gold P31, a top pick to consider for efficient computing. We also threw in Samsung’s 970 EVO Plus, which comes with the company’s V5 92-Layer V-NAND TLC, and the 970 Pro with V4 V-NAND 64-Layer MLC.Īdditionally, we included WD’s Blue SN550 as an entry-level comparison, as well as the high-end WD Black SN750 and Crucial P5. ![]() We included an SSD based on Phison’s E16 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe controller, the Team Group Cardea Ceramic C440, to see which architecture proves best. With top specs, it was only fitting to pit Samsung’s 980 Pro up against the best SSDs on the market. Or so it would seem.(Image credit: Tom's Hardware) Comparison Products Also, when I first installed the drive I formatted it and initially ran the test with no data written to disk-and the above numbers happened after I had cloned my 850 to the 960, installed the Samsung NVMe 2.3 driver, and rebooted from the EVO 960 as c:\.Īt first I also thought the drive was running slow, but apparently it took the drivers and some reboots for it to correctly autoconfigure itself for maximum performance in my x370 PCIe 3 x4 m.2 slot. I will note, however, that right after installing Magician 5.2 but before installing the Samsung NVMe driver 2., that my top read speed was ~1500 with write about the same-running the Samsung Magician benchmark-and I did not see > 3000 MB/s in that bench as well as Crystal Diskmark until after installing the Samsung NVMe driver and rebooting. This is with the latest bios 3B7QCXE7, running Magician 5.2 and Samsung NVMe driver 2.3-no gimmicky caches running. I'm very sorry i don't have a picture for the last benchmark and that i don't know what firmware it had when the drive was bought.īut what is clear from all this is that firmware 3B7QCXE7 has slowed down the drive by alot for me when using PrimoCache, by a minimum of 4132MB/sec read and 3964MB/sec write!Įdit: What i wrote here previously was my fault not seeing difference in write and read in HDTune for a benchmark thaqt i thought was weirdĬlick to expand.Just installed a 250GB 960 EVO yesterday, taking the place of my Sata3 EVO 850 boot drive, which the wife is now using, and running Crystal Diskmark 6.0, here are my numbers:ĬrystalDiskMark 6.0.0 圆4 (C) 2007-2017 hiyohiyo Was about 11GB/sec read and 10GB/Sec write, faster then the MS driver. Updated: Ive noticed my Crystaldiskmark scores are a bit slower now, especially when using PrimoCache its about 4GB/sec slower!!ĩ60 EVO 250GB FW 3B7QCXE7 NVMe 2.3 No PrimoCache:ĩ60 EVO 250GB FW 3B7QCXE7 NVMe 2.3 WITH PrimoCache 2.7.3 (current system):ĩ60 EVO 250GB FW it came with bought MS NVMe WITH PrimoCache 2.7.3:ĩ60 EVO 250GB FW it came with bought NVMe 2.3 WITH PrimoCache 2.7.3: (No pic) My 960 EVO 250GB is running 3B7QCXE7 with no issues at all, also got Samsungs NVMe driver (2.3) installed. Hopefully this little mistake won't cost me more than $30 or $40 dollars all said and done. Hope to sell it in the coming days and to repurchase the drive. I've already listed my SSD on Craigslist / Facebook Marketplace. All this was done In no particular order but I did perform all these tasks. Also tried resetting the bios as well as placing the SSD in a different M.2 slot. Installed into 3 machines, uninstall and reinstall of different drivers, new and old. There is still a part of me that is in denial and trying to convince myself I'm at fault somehow. I'm just not very happy about this at all. I still have a laptop I can perform the test on as well. ![]() ![]() So this is now 3 machines I put the same ssd into. I was currently playing Fallout 4 and saw the difference right away. I did benches before and after and again, I lost around 37% performance. I found a few other forum postings with people having the same performance issues.įor the hell of it I took out my GF's WD black NVMe and replaced it with my Samsung 960 EVO. As others are reporting here, there is a performance loss with the new firmware.
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