Samsung 970 Evo NVMe SSD

The Samsung 970 EVO 500 GB SSD is currently available online for $150. Good performance 3 GB/s read speeds Good sustained write performance Reasonably priced 5-year warranty Good thermal performance Wide range of capacities available Slightly more...

The 970 Evo may not have the endurance ratings of the 970 Pro, but the majority are unlikely to notice. With excellent speeds and a keen price, the 970 Evo is the best mainstream SSD on the market.

The Samsung SSD 970 EVO offers an excellent blend of throughput and performance, making it the best high-end internal M.2 PCI Express SSD for most users.

If you want a really responsive setup, with the quickest loading times out there, well, the Samsung 970 EVO SSDs are for you. But if you are just a gamer, well, a SATA SSD should suffice. But then again, who are we to tell you how to spend your money? For RM495, the Samsung 970 EVO 250GB is pricey, but they do have the performance to back it up. The question is, do you need all that performance?

The Samsung 970 EVO is a positive step forward for Samsung and it is clearly very fast, having set new records in most of our standard tests.

Indeed, that last sentiment arguably holds for the 970 Evo generally. It’s awfully quick for what is ostensibly a mainstream M.2 drive, albeit not a particularly cheap one. But we also sense it’s beginning to bump up against its inherent technological limitations, be that a quad-lane PCIe interface or NAND flash memory.

It has taken a while but the successor to the immensely popular 960 EVO is here. The 970 EVO performs very well and has increased endurance compared to its predecessor, but we couldn’t quite hit Samsung’s quoted read speeds.

This is the new Samsung 970 EVO NVMe SSD – a lighting fast M.2 drive. It’s the “EVO”, so a bit better value while still providing super fast speeds. Let’s take a look, run it through some tests and see if it’s worth your money!