Samsung 970 EVO 250GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung 970 EVO 250GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung
66 Overall Score
vs
Micron 4TB SSD

Micron 4TB SSD

Micron
96 Overall Score

Scores

Console
Samsung
25
Micron
95
Gaming
Samsung
53
Micron
94
Workstation
Samsung
67
Micron
89
Budget
Samsung
89
Micron
82
Laptop
Samsung
66
Micron
82
Portable
Samsung
15
Micron
26

Specifications

Samsung 970 EVOMicron 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
250
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4PCIe 5.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation35★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
3,400
14,500
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,500
13,800
Random Read (IOPS)
200,000
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
350,000
2,300,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
ControllerSamsung Phoenix ControllerMicron
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
150
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Samsung 970 EVO 250GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong endurance (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Strong random (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
  • Below average capacity (13th percentile)13th %ile

Micron 4TB SSD

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong feature (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Below average affordability (12th percentile)12th %ile

Pricing

Samsung 970 EVO 250GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

No current pricing available

Micron 4TB SSD

Verdict

★ Winner: Micron 4TB SSD

Scores 96 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 18 specs.

Samsung 970 EVO Better at:

Budget

Micron 4TB SSD Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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