Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB SSD

Name: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB
Brand: Samsung
SKU: MZ-V7S250B/AM
Rating: 5.0 (40 reviews)

Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB PCIe NVMe M.2 (MZ-V7S250B/AM)

★★★★★

(40 reviews)

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Options (2)

	1TB $349.25
	500 GB $199.95

Specially designed for tech enthusiasts, hardcore gamers, and professionals who need unrivaled performance and superior reliability
Boasts exceptional endurance with up to 600 terabytes written
The 970 EVO Plus achieves random write speeds up to 57% faster than the 970 EVO

Specifications Overview

Model	MZ-V7S250B/AM MZ-V7S250BW
Release Date	February 2019 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Series	970 EVO PLUS
Capacity	250 GB
Interface	PCIe Gen3 x4
NVME	Yes
Form Factor	M.2-2280
SSD Controller	Samsung Phoenix
NAND Flash Type	V-NAND 3-bit MLC
Cache	Samsung 512MB Low Power DDR4 SDRAM
Max Sequential Read	Up to 3500 MB/s
Max Sequential Write	Up to 2300 MB/s
MTBF	1,500,000 hours

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB Performance comparison with similar Solid State Drives

(Higher is better)

Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB Performance

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed

Samsung 960 PRO Series 1TB (85th)		107%
SanDisk Extreme PRO 1TB (86th)		106%
WD Black 1TB WDS100T2X0C (87th)		103%
Samsung 960 EVO Series 1TB (88th)		101%
Samsung 960 PRO Series 512GB (89th)		101%
Crucial P5 500GB (89th)		101%
HP EX950 512GB (91st)		~
Sabrent Rocket 500GB (92nd)		~
Samsung 980 1TB (92nd)		~
HP EX920 M.2 1TB (94th)		~
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB (94th)		100%
WD_BLACK 1TB SN750 SE (96th)		99%
Sabrent 4TB Rocket NVMe (97th)		99%
Intel 670p 1TB (97th)		99%
Corsair Force Series MP510 960GB CSSD-F960GBMP510B (99th)		98%
WD BLACK SN750 500GB (100th)		97%
XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB (101st)		96%
CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 1920GB (102nd)		95%
XPG SX8200 960GB 3D NAND (102nd)		95%
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB (104th)		94%
CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 960GB (105th)		94%

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Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB Price/Performance Analysis

Sequential read/write speed, Random 4K read/write speed vs Price

Price-to-Performance Analysis:

Premium pricing: 38.7% below average.
5 products offer better price-to-performance ratio.
Best alternative: WD_BLACK SN770 250GB offers 182.1% better value priced at $82.

Expert reviews

The Samsung 970 Evo Plus is faster and cheaper than the 970 Evo Pro, and easily one of the better performers in the low end of the market. The five-year warranty for the Evo Plus is also very nice to have.

PCWorld

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100

All good things come at a price, and at 25 Cents per GB this is not the cheapest TLC NAND series your money can get you, but it is among the fastest. Remember, the EVO PLUS series mostly offers improved write performance. We're taking an extra 500...

Guru of 3D

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Traditionally your cheapest, most effective upgrade for a PC was RAM, but now with most machines shipping with a decent amount of RAM, your hard drive, or rather SSD can often be the bottle neck. The Samsung 1TB M.2 NVMe 970 Evo Plus SSD offers a...

techau.com.au

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