I already have a PC with a Samsung 950 Pro SSD, so I knew what to expect when I chose the 970 EVO Plus from Samsung's current offerings. It was replacing an existing NVMe SSD (Kingston HyperX Predator 240 GByte) as that drive was now too small to allow me to do the necessary upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10. The 970 EVO Pro is faster than the Kingston, but not hugely so, probably because the PC is an older one that only has PCI Express v2.0 instead of v3.0 which would run the SSD at full speed. Unlike the Kingston SSD, the Samsung does not interfere with how my older BIOS boots - I can boot from any drive on the motherboard or...view more I already have a PC with a Samsung 950 Pro SSD, so I knew what to expect when I chose the 970 EVO Plus from Samsung's current offerings. It was replacing an existing NVMe SSD (Kingston HyperX Predator 240 GByte) as that drive was now too small to allow me to do the necessary upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10. The 970 EVO Pro is faster than the Kingston, but not hugely so, probably because the PC is an older one that only has PCI Express v2.0 instead of v3.0 which would run the SSD at full speed. Unlike the Kingston SSD, the Samsung does not interfere with how my older BIOS boots - I can boot from any drive on the motherboard or connected to my PCIe SATA card. The Kingston messed up the BIOS so that boot from other drives (including my Blu-Ray writer) was only possible if they were on the PCIe card. I do have one gripe about the Samsung software - unless a Samsung SSD is installed in the PC, it is impossible to get the Samsung SSD drivers to install. That meant I could not do my intended upgrade in place by backing up Windows 7 from the old SSD, swapping the SSDs and then restoring to the new SSD. Windows 7 on the new SSD would not boot without the Samsung drivers already installed. So I had to get a second PCIe M.2 card so that I could mount both SSDs in the PC at the same time, boot from the old SSD, and install the Samsung SSD drivers on Windows 7 before I copied it to the new SSD and removed the old one. After that, and doing the usual Windows boot repairs, Windows 7 booted on the new SSD and I was able to upgrade to Windows 10 in place. I have now been running Windows 10 on the new SSD for a week and the SSD is, as expected, very fast and causes no problems.

Easy to install and included software made cloning of C drive very easy. Easy to install and included software made cloning of C drive very easy.

This is so fast it makes your eyes water. It's changed my life! Seriously.
From opening documents to the resource heavy Battlefield 1 the Samsung 970 EVO Plus opens before I have my headset on. This is so fast it makes your eyes water. It's changed my life! Seriously.
From opening documents to the resource heavy Battlefield 1 the Samsung 970 EVO Plus opens before I have my headset on.

Met the specs on the box when benchmarked. I just wish it came with a heatsink. Met the specs on the box when benchmarked. I just wish it came with a heatsink.

Does what it is supposed to do, runs on rocket fuel. Very fast and very quick reboot time, love it. Does what it is supposed to do, runs on rocket fuel. Very fast and very quick reboot time, love it.

The best drive for your laptop The best drive for your laptop

Great performance. Always use SSD from Samsung and never had an issue. Great performance. Always use SSD from Samsung and never had an issue.

I always thought Samsung was overpriced... but after a daily use of this SSD NVMe, I can fully say it's a beast.

Samsung isn't lying about their products' reliability.

On the flip side? Nothing so far. I always thought Samsung was overpriced... but after a daily use of this SSD NVMe, I can fully say it's a beast.

Samsung isn't lying about their products' reliability.

On the flip side? Nothing so far.

System: Ryzen 2700X, B450 MoBo, 32GB 3200mhz. GTX770 and GTX 760 (Yeah yeah old GPU's)

Got the drive and migrated from an old 840 PRO Samsung Sata SSD. Bench before 553 Read, 457 write. Bench after 3504 Read, 3170 Write.

Pros: NVMe over SATA is just win, SATA has reached its peak, NVMe is the next step.

Cons: Under B450 chipset, I loose 2 ASATA ports, but make up for it with the 1TB of space. System: Ryzen 2700X, B450 MoBo, 32GB 3200mhz. GTX770 and GTX 760 (Yeah yeah old GPU's)

Got the drive and migrated from an old 840 PRO Samsung Sata SSD. Bench before 553 Read, 457 write. Bench after 3504 Read, 3170 Write.

Pros: NVMe over SATA is just win, SATA has reached its peak, NVMe is the next step.

Cons: Under B450 chipset, I loose 2 ASATA ports, but make up for it with the 1TB of space.

I used a PCIe to M.2 expansion card to clone my old 500gb M.2 over to this one to double my storage space. I now have the 970 EVO installed in my PC and I'm getting great read and write speeds. Works great. I used a PCIe to M.2 expansion card to clone my old 500gb M.2 over to this one to double my storage space. I now have the 970 EVO installed in my PC and I'm getting great read and write speeds. Works great.

Great product, worked as expected, no issues. Great product, worked as expected, no issues.

So far I have had this for a few weeks now. All I can say is it is beyond my expectations, speed is great! Space is decient and it's a great priced item. 5 stars good job samsung. So far I have had this for a few weeks now. All I can say is it is beyond my expectations, speed is great! Space is decient and it's a great priced item. 5 stars good job samsung.