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Samsung 970 EVO
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,500 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 300 TBW
68 Overall Score
Price $240
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong endurance (86th percentile) 86th
- Strong random (84th percentile) 84th
Cons
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (27th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has improved over time
72/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2500 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 500000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 450000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Phoenix |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 300 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 970 EVO | Crucial T500 | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Western Digital Black SN850X | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 970 EVO | 57.7 | 84.4 | 93.6 | 25.8 | 27.3 | 86 | 99.7 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.5 | 96.2 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 77.6 | 83 | 99.7 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.5 | 93.2 | 93.6 | 78.5 | 65.5 | 92.8 | 96.6 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 87.8 | 94.6 | 88.6 | 92.9 | 0 | 88 | 96.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.8 | 94.6 | 93.6 | 92.9 | 0 | 95.2 | 96.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.3 | 99.7 | 78.5 | 77.6 | 87.4 | 48.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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