Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 Up to 2TB SSD

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. introduced the 970 EVO Plus, an enhance to its NVMe SSD portfolio.

With performance and up to 2TB in capacity, it sets a new bar for performance storage, enabling IT professionals, tech enthusiasts and gamers to handle intensive workloads on PCs and workstations with more ease.

“Since introducing the first NVMe SSDs to the consumer market in 2015, Samsung has continued to challenge technical barriers in SSD design and performance,” said Dr. Mike Mang, VP, brand product marketing, memory business, Samsung Electronics. “The new 970 EVO Plus powered by Samsung’s latest fifth-generation V-NAND technology will now offer unrivaled performance in its class when taking on demanding tasks like 4K content editing, 3D modeling and simulation as well as heavy gaming.“

By integrating the company’s V-NAND chips with optimized firmware, the 970 EVO Plus achieves performance improvements – up to 57% in write speed ⁽¹⁾ – as well as increased power efficiency over its predecessor, the 970 EVO. This drive delivers sequential read and write speeds of up to 3,500MB/s and up to 3,300MB/s, respectively, while random speeds come in at up to 620,000 IO/s for read and up to 560,000 IO/s for write operations ⁽²⁾.

Users can upgrade their devices as the 970 EVO Plus comes in a compact M.2 form factor using the PCIe Gen3 x4 interface found in most modern computers. The 970 EVO Plus also offers a 5-year limited warranty ⁽³⁾ or up to 1,200TB written ⁽⁴⁾.

The 970 EVO Plus comes in a variety of capacity options; the 250GB, 500GB and 1TB capacity versions are available for purchase worldwide, and the 2TB capacity will become available in April. MSRP starts at $89.99.

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⁽¹⁾ Up to a 57% performance increase in random write speed for 250GB version.
⁽²⁾ Performances may vary depending on SSD’s firmware version and system hardware and configuration. Performance measurements based on IOmeter 1.1.0. The write performances were measured with Intelligent TurboWrite technology being activated. The sequential write performances after Intelligent TurboWrite region are: 400MB/s (250GB), 900MB/s (500GB), 1,700MB/s (1TB) and 1,750MB/s (2TB). The random write performances after Intelligent TurboWrite region are: 100,000 IOPS (250GB), 200,000 IOPS (500GB), 400,000 IOPS (1TB) and 420,000 IOPS (2TB).
^(*) Test system configuration: Intel Core i7-7700K CPU @4.2GHz, DDR4 2400MHz 32GB, OS-Windows 10 Built 10240, Chipset–ASUS PRIME Z270-A.
⁽³⁾ 5 years or TBW
⁽⁴⁾ Warrantied TBW  for 970 EVO Plus: 150TB for 250GB model, 300TB for 500GB model, 600TB for 1TB model, 1,200TB for 2TB.
⁽⁵⁾ 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytesMA. A certain portion of capacity may be used for system file and maintenance use, so the actual capacity may differ from what is indicated on the product label.
⁽⁶⁾ Samsung Electronics shall not be liable for any loss, including but not limited to loss of data or other information contained on the firm’s product or loss of profit or revenue which may be incurred by user. (information on the warranty)