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
(89%)
148 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(97%)
1117 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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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
The Samsung 970 EVO is an M.2 NVMe SSD aimed at mainstream users, but Samsung's grip on the industry-leading spots is starting to slip as the 970 EVO delivers an uneven performance profile with comparatively high price...
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Published: 2018-04-24, Author: Billy , review by: anandtech.com
The biggest difference between the Samsung 970 EVO and Samsung's earlier retail NVMe drives isn't anything to do with the drive's performance or power consumption: It's the fact that the 970 EVO has real competition in drives like the second-generation We...
Class-leading overall performance, Chart-topping random read performance from the 970 PRO, 970 EVO warranty is now 5 years
Prices run a bit high (but you get what you pay for)
Despite the 960 EVO and PRO being at the top of our performance charts for over a year, the competition was starting to close in, and Samsung needed to hold them at bay. The now unified design enabled Samsung to (finally) offer the same 5-year warranty fo...
Published: 2018-04-24, Author: Chris , review by: tomshardware.com
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-conscio...
Affordable (relatively) NVMe drive, Very fast until off cache, Available in up to 2TB capacity
Slows to just over 600MBps after cache is exceeded, 250GB version is a much slower performer
This is a tough call that's mostly dictated on the performance differences at each capacity. In the 250GB and 500GB capacities, the WD Black NVMe has a slight edge for performance overall.At 1TB and 2TB, where the Samsung 970 EVO's larger cache greatly re...
The latest 64-layer Vertically stacked NAND works its miracles for many brands and that is not any different for Samsungs new 970 series, both the EVO and Pro models will offer heaps of performance with the EVO models receiving more warranty. Both the EVO...
Published: 2018-04-24, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Strong Performance, High Endurance, Long Warranty, Low Latency
970 Pro Carries A Premium, 970 EVO Occasionally Trails 960 Pro
Samsung SSD 970 Pro And 970 EVO - Find Them At AmazonSamsung expects the SSD 970 Pro and the SSD 970 EVO to be available worldwide on May 7. The Samsung SSD 970 Pro will hit store shelves in two capacities -- 512GB and 1TB -- while the SSD 970 EVO will c...
Published: 2018-04-24, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
Looking back, there was a time when manufacturers created two different tiers of SSDs, one for speed and endurance, while the other tackled the value aspect as there will always be a significant number of consumers that seek the best price first and forem...
Great NVMe performance, Reasonably priced for NVMe, Samsung reliability, drivers, and software, Costs more than 960 Evo for now, Questionable speed benefits over SATA
Costs more than 960 Evo for now, Questionable speed benefits over SATA
Samsung's 970 Evo is one of the fastest NVMe SSDs, with reasonable prices and up to 2TB capacities. It's not a massive change relative to the 960 Evo, but it's clearly better...
Having already reviewed the 1TB 970 EVO, our focus for this review was to compare the 2TB model with the 1TB model. This becomes especially interesting because the 2TB 970 EVO is the first SSD we've tested with 512Gbit die flash. 512Gbit flash paves the w...
