Testseek.co.uk have collected 148 expert reviews of the Samsung M.2 970 Evo NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung M.2 970 Evo NVMe PCIe.
April 2018
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The editors liked
Brilliant performance
Lovely black PCB
Revised Phoenix controller
Samsung Thermal Guard helps prevent throttling
5 years warranty
Excellent endurance
Strong performance
Excellent software package
Class-leading endurance
Good price
Still relatively high performance
Exceptional durability
Dramatically faster sequential reads
Nearly identical silicon as the 970 Pro
Almost 50% shorter file transfer times
64-layer NAND technology
Overall performance
5-year warranty
The editors didn't like
Not as fast as expected
High pricing at launch
Speeds not as fast as hoped
Previous ten-year warranty now only five
Lower capacities could be cheaper
Pricey
We couldn't match Samsung's quoted sequential read figure
Brilliant performance, Lovely black PCB, Revised Phoenix controller, Samsung Thermal Guard helps prevent throttling, 5 years warranty, Excellent endurance
The tests show a distinct increase in speed over the 960 EVO, despite the drop in capacity between the review models, with the 960 EVO being a 500GB drive and therefore featuring higher read/write throughput.AIDA 64 and Anvil Pro both showed some exceptio...
Samsung has lost ground to other emerging products. The 970 EVO is better than the previous-gen models, but other 64-layer SSDs are just as fast. The 1TB 970 EVO leads in features such as endurance, warranty, and software value-adds, but price-conscious s...
Published: 2018-04-24, Author: Dave , review by: pcgamesn.com
Abstract: The new Samsung 970 EVO represents the evolution of the Korean giant's stacked 3-bit MLC memory tech, and shows just how dominant the company is in the SSD market. No-one else comes close. so if you want the best SSD, you want Samsung. And the best has...
Traditional hard drives won't disappear anytime soon, but unless you need heaps of storage space for as little money as possible, you should buy an SSD instead. If you're a regular computer user, an affordable SATA SSD such as the Samsung 860 Evo is a sen...
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 expensive than competing options, Thermal reporting extremely inaccurate
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 expensi...
Published: 2018-08-22, Author: Tom , review by: pcmag.com
Lightning-fast random reads and writes, Reasonable cost per gigabyte, Multiple capacity options, Easy-to-use Windows software, Long warranty,
Pricey upgrade for a mainstream PC that sees casual use
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...
Published: 2018-08-18, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: With the MSI MEG X399 CREATION that we received as part of the launch package for the Threadripper 2950X and Threadripper 2990WX it includes the XPANDER-AERO that provides 4-way M.2 NVMe SSD slots on a PCI Express x16 card. The XPANDER-AERO is actively co...
Impressive 3154/2475 MBps read/write speed with ATTO, Random 4K read/writes produced 161,809 IOPS, Samsung Phoenix controller supports TRIM and NCQ, Samsung 64-cell layer V-NAND doubles previous TBW durability, TCG/Opal 2.0 security automatic 256-bit AES
3-Bit MLC NAND offers less impressive sequential performance
Our performance rating compares how effective the 1TB Samsung SSD 970 EVO performed in benchmark operations against competing M.2 solid state drive storage solutions. For reference, Samsung specifications suggest 3500 MB/s maximum reads and 2500 MB/s maxi...
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Published: 2018-07-12, Author: William , review by: techspot.com
Many of the common storage related tasks didn't seem to be overly affected by which drive from this round up they were run on. As anticipated, Optane drives and second-generation NVMe SSDs are the top players in the market offering a considerable performa...
Published: 2018-06-25, Author: Jeremy , review by: myce.com
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.However, Samsung's competitors are closing in with their new products and the sort of clear lead that Samsung enjo...
