Reach max performance of PCIe 4.0. Experience longer-lasting, opponent-blasting speed. The in-house controller's smart heat control delivers supreme power efficiency while maintaining ferocious speed and performance, to always keep you at the top of your game. PCIe 4.0’s best theoretical sequential read is 8,000 MB/s - 990 PRO reaches 7,450 MB/s as of Q3, 2022.

Huge speed boost. 40% and 55% faster random read/write speeds than 980 PRO - up to 1,400K/1,550K IOPS, while sequential read/write speeds up to 7450/6,900 MB/s reach near max performance of PCIe 4.0. Fly high in gaming, video and 3D editing, data analysis, and more.

More power-efficient performance. Higher performance usually consumes more power. 990 PRO uses less power with up to 50% improved performance per Watt over 980 PRO. This low-power design makes max PCIe 4.0 performance possible with optimal power efficiency.

The best gameplay experience. A more than 55% improvement in random performance enables faster loads for ultimate gaming realism on PS5 and Direct Storage PC games. Direct Storage technology from Microsoft loads games faster than before by leveraging the multiple GB/sec speed of modern NVMe SSDs. Results are based on a comparison with Samsung 980 PRO