the author of this article refuses to state if they used a Samsung EVO or PRO (or something like the Crucial MX series.) Those TLC drives have SLC emulation an

the author of this article refuses to state if they used a Samsung EVO or PRO (or something like the Crucial MX series.) Those TLC drives have SLC emulation and will slow down after a certain sustained write time. That is by design. If you dont want that characteristic, dont buy a TLC drive, stick to the PRO etc. >Second, oh my does the performance drop off. This is no longer an “SSD”: especially as it goes over the write cliff – which is still there – it’s merely a fast HDD, at about 220 IOPS. Writing NAND is slow! That is a pretty disingenuous conclusion if you dont specify whether the NAND is TLC or MLC.