Samsung’s 970 EVO has always been the fastest of the low-priced NVMe SSDs, and the company’s new 970 EVO Plus, announced Tuesday, further cements its hold on that position.
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Samsung claims up to a 57 percent increase in performance for the Plus over the older 970 EVO.
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I didn’t see quite that, but sustained writes when the drive was using its SLC cache increased by 10 percent
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And jumped by a very welcome 42 percent when writing to the main body of TLC NAND.
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The 970 EVO Plus is basically the same drive as the 970 Evo, using the same 64-layer stacked TLC (Triple Level Cell/3-bit) NAND and Phoenix controller with improved firmware.