Samsung 980 PRO 500 GB (MZ-V8P500BW)

The Samsung 980 PRO is a line of high-performance NVMe SSDs in M.2 2280 form factor, engineered for users who demand high speeds for gaming, video editing, graphics work, workstations, and general system acceleration. The entire Samsung 980 PRO series features a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, NVMe 1.3c protocol, Samsung's Elpis controller, Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC memory, and DRAM cache, positioning these drives as full-featured high-speed solutions rather than budget DRAM-less alternatives. The Samsung 980 PRO lineup offers capacities of 250 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB. Maximum speeds across the series reach 7000 MB/s read and up to 5100 MB/s write depending on capacity. The 1 TB and 2 TB models deliver random operations up to 1,000,000 IOPS, which is essential for demanding workloads, fast application launching, and system responsiveness. Samsung 980 PRO supports TRIM, S.M.A.R.T., AES 256-bit encryption, TCG/Opal, IEEE1667, Samsung Magician software, and backward compatibility with PCIe 3.0, making it suitable for installation in both modern Gen4 platforms and older systems with room for future upgrades.