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Overview
Samsung 990 PRO 1TB PCIe 4.0 is one of 50 memory cards & storage products on our shelf, compared on what buyers rated it, how many of them there were, and what it costs today. Here is how the maker describes it: Powerful NVMe SSD of the 4th PCI Express generation for demanding 4K video and 3D graphics editing and high-end gaming. Read/write speeds up to 7450/6900 MB/s (1TB variant). That is the maker talking, not us, so read it as a claim rather than a finding. Buyers have it at 4.8 out of 5 from 12,973 ratings. We work out below what that is worth against everything else on the shelf.
At a glance
Brand
Samsung
Amazon rating
4.8 out of 5, from 12,973 ratings
Against the shelf
0.2 above the memory cards & storage median of 4.6
How it compares on the memory cards & storage shelf
The typical memory cards & storage product on our shelf scores 4.6 out of 5, measured across 50 rated products. This one comes in at 4.8. That puts it in the top quarter of the shelf. Most things here rate well, so what matters is the gap to the pack rather than the number on its own, and the gap is real. Weighted for review volume, we place it fourth on this shelf.
That score rests on 12,973 ratings. The median for this shelf is 12,973. That's enough for the score to mean something without being the last word on it.
On money, this sits in the top third of a shelf running from £5.94 to £189, with the midpoint around £20.99. It costs more than most and is rated above most, so the premium at least tracks something buyers recognise.
Worked out from the 50 memory cards & storage products we track, not from the brand's own claims.
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Key features, as the manufacturer lists them
Taken from the product listing via Amazon's product API. These are the seller's claims, not our test results.
Powerful NVMe SSD of the 4th PCI Express generation for demanding 4K video and 3D graphics editing and high-end gaming
Stunning speed: read/write speeds up to 7450/6900 MB/s (1TB variant)
High reliability thanks to heat spreader and dynamic thermal guard technology for protection against overheating as well as up to 600 TB total bytes writing
Storage capacity of up to 2 TB in compact M.2 form factor (2280), suitable for high-performance PCs and ultrabooks
The free Samsung Magician software optimises performance for you and keeps the drive up to date with updates