Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250 GB PCIe NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-V7S250BW)

Got it for quite few years. Works fine. 60TB load on 500GB drive. Quite impressive. 98% life as reported by drive. Real or not. Time will tell. Full speeds as advertised. However. On the RIGHT drivers. Windows 7 heavily affected by driver quality/ source. Full speed constant 3000+ reads. Writes varies around NOT CONSANT 2000. HOWEVER. Drive's real (write) speeds are ONLY present, when it is been written at least ONCE, and with capacity reached. And overheating. No cooling - forget about any speeds. Reminder. Cooling applies to physical DRIVER chip of the drive, NOT the NVME modules. Driver on the drive wants cool. NVME wants the hot in operation. Hot driver chip will bring down drive to zero stop. ZERO. For several seconds/ minutes. This should be clear in every description. So. Testing must be done on ALL drive, written at least once, and with majority of capacity used. Love - as usually - when people do 0.01% drive size test, as any indication. And on fresh drive. Many of the drives CHEAT. Means. First portion of drive, which is tested is ultra fast, either physically or buffer. Mostly sd cards/ usb drives/ etc. But. Got Crucial nvme first, and it does exactly the same. 10GB ultra fast, then drops down to 1000 for the REST of the drive. As oppose most SSDs will perform 100% all drive day and out. So. Once you REALLY use the drive. Means written, not once, but several times, and used more capacity, drives starts to show REAL LIFE speeds. If you delete a file. Windows MUST physically delete a lot of drive. Not just entry in File allocation table. It will not do it in an instant, but on buffer. Try to switch off computer after deleting/ copying big files, and you wait for several minutes. Try to do massive files deletion, beyond treshold and windows has to do it here and now. For ages. Normally you won't notice, because it's all in background. On long switch on systems, absolutely not noticable. Try to copy serious data on maxed out drive, and you are for a big surprise on real speeds. Because majority of people get massive drives, to what they use, they won't notice. Paying several times for what they use. On Windows 7, due drivers and structure, massive bottle necks on writes. It's much more complicated than just 'test' or 'use', or capacity, or deletion. There is massive bottle necks on pcie resource allocation. If you have fast graphic card in use, your nvme drive is heavily bottlenecked. Only very expensive motherboards have this semi sorted. For majority of people, none of this would matter, they won't notice. But. For those who REALLY get NVMEs for the purpose, it does. Ah yes. Final word for all that lovely misinformation about defraging ssd/ nvme. It does indeed decrease drive's life, by zero point nothing. It does however increase the performance. For regular person, by zero point nothing. For serious use, servers, high capacity data storing, professional high speeds copying, for which all these drives are meant to exist, it does completely. Drives ssd/ nvmes have 'lost capacity', not shown on the tag, exactly for the purpose of internal 'defrag', on idle mode. Use the drive heavy in short bursts and speeds are dropping down. To zero. As drive has to operate on 'loss of power mode'. So. Hard lesson. With power loss or forced resets. Lots of data 'lost', because drive couldn't write it physically on time. As it takes a long while to zero data blocks, and then write tons of data from buffer. So. Defrag of ssds/ nvmes. You can defrag your drive as much as you please. And it will be zero point nothing of drive use. Windows uses drive endlessly and massively and constantly. Reads are not hurting. Writes are where drive's life is. And any windows writes trillions of times. I'm light user of pc. And my 500gb drive has 60'000gb of reads and writes (half half). Majority of which is Windows. Not me. So. If you are doing defrag, whenever you please, you will allocate for zero point nothing of drive's use. 99.9% of drives killing is done by windows. And hm.... Afer quite few years of using drive, and 60'000gb it's still 98% of life, as reported by drive. Real or not. Time will tell. Means you can use drive for 20 years before it will be dead. Majority of people will change drive a lot earlier than that (hdd 3-6 years, ssd 5 years at best, nvme first generation probably few years). In other words, defrag has completely no meaning to drive's life. Zero. It does have serious meaning to performance for serious - designed for - use. And for regular user. Exactly the bottleneck of capacity used and non defraged system, where drive will bottleneck in zeroing data and writing new one. Reading my own words, only high level IT people will understand. Thou - every user is affected, but is not aware. When copied tons of data, deleted tons of data, etc, thinking it's done, when bar is 100%. Reality, windows can still clear the data, hours after instruction, same with copying. Only exception is read only data in big files. Like movies. But then. How many users have data stored in adequate partitions. Read/ write/ rare/ often/ movies/ system/ etc.

The Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD offers blazing-fast read and write speeds, making booting, gaming, and file transfers quick and smooth. Reliable, durable, and easy to install — a top-tier choice for upgrading PC storage.

What can I tell you? I've given it 5 stars because, so far, the whole operation of purchase, delivery, installation, installation of OS, and use, has been as smooth as silk. I decide to build a new desktop DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) to run Ableton Live 10. And with the intention of connecting multiple audio and MIDI devices. I bought this Intel Mini PC from Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07KPMWTQS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . It's bare bones so needed a hard drive, memory, operating system and all the peripherals. I chose an M.2 type SSD after reading up on the internet about keeping down the heat generation and about operating speed. I chose this RAM for the same reason: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01BNJL8I4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1. For installation, I followed the instructions supplied by Intel (on the web). It was simple enough, and quickly done. But I did take the precaution of wearing an anti- static wrist band and earthing myself to the Mini PC chassis. Installing the OS on the drive was also just a case of following the bouncing ball. This OS was a great price at the time and it came supplied with Windows 10 on a USB key: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0111YEG44/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 But a much cheaper OEM version would do just as well. The PC boots up and Ableton opens up, all incredibly quickly. Installing any new USB device seems to happen in seconds. So I'd say the drive is working well with the PC and the RAM. Before I jacked up the permanent speed of the processor to around 4.45 Ghz from the standard 2.7Ghz, I don't think the PC fan operated at all, so I'd say, it's really not generating that much heat. So it's been one of those delightful (but sadly rare) experiences, when having chosen the product, then fitting it and using it just went very smoothly. I only have one pic, which shows the Mini PC itself... that measures a little over 10x10x5 cms and provides plenty of room for this M.2 SSD - I even have a Sandisk 2.5" SSD drive in there to hold my library files and it's certainly not "crowding" the Samsung.

As an enthusiast PC builder and long-time user of Samsung storage devices, I recently added the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD to my setup, and once again, Samsung has exceeded my expectations in both price and performance. Let's start with performance. The 970 EVO Plus delivers blazing-fast read and write speeds, thanks to its PCIe NVMe interface and cutting-edge V-NAND technology. Whether I'm booting up my system, launching applications, or transferring large files, the SSD handles tasks with remarkable speed and responsiveness. It's a true workhorse that significantly enhances the overall performance and efficiency of my PC. In terms of reliability, Samsung has a proven track record, and the 970 EVO Plus is no exception. With its robust design and advanced heat dissipation features, the SSD maintains optimal performance even under heavy workloads. The reliability and durability of Samsung's SSDs give me peace of mind, knowing that my data is safe and secure. Price is another area where Samsung excels. Despite offering top-tier performance, the 970 EVO Plus is competitively priced compared to other SSDs in its class. The value proposition of Samsung's storage devices is unmatched, making them an excellent investment for PC enthusiasts and professionals alike. Installation is a breeze thanks to the M.2 form factor, which eliminates the need for bulky cables and simplifies cable management in my PC build. The sleek and compact design of the SSD also helps optimize airflow and maintain a clean and clutter-free setup. Overall, the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD continues to uphold Samsung's reputation for excellence in the world of storage devices. With its unbeatable combination of price, performance, reliability, and ease of installation, it's no wonder that Samsung remains my go-to choice for SSDs. Whether you're a gamer, content creator, or professional, the 970 EVO Plus is sure to meet and exceed your storage needs. Highly recommended.

This is pretty much the best-performing drive in its price range, and there isn't really any competition. It's been superseded by a newer version, but my PC can't make use of the faster transfer rates that one offers, so I grabbed this in the Prime Day sale. When I built my PC I couldn't afford this drive, so I've been using an older 3.5" SSD to store all the scenery, tracks, cars and aircraft for my flight and driving simulator software. Turns out I have a lot of scenery, tracks, cars and aircraft, and I pretty-much filled this 2TB drive! On the plus side, that freed up 2TB of space on my SSD. Installation is a doddle, but make sure you haven't lost the fixing screw that came with your motherboard. The drive doesn't come with a spare. The drive was detected immediately (once I'd found the Drive Manager function in W10). It needed to be formatted, which is normal, and then it behaved exactly as it should - like a really fast hard drive. To be totally honest, the software I'm using can't really make use of the high speed offered by an M.2 drive. The real advantage for me is being able to remove a SATA drive and transfer the contents of my old HDD over to the SSD. Less stuff inside the case impeding airflow, fewer cables too. Speaking of airflow, this drive does run quite hot. I considered a cooler heatsink, but apparently it's perfectly normal and a heatsink can actually make it worse. It's been used every day for a couple of months without complaint, so I'll just leave it alone! I have a 500GB 970 EVO (not the Plus version) that's been the main operating system drive in my PC for a couple of years, and it's been absolutely 100% rock solid reliable. The SSD in the machine is a 2TB 860, and that transferred over from an older PC! I trust Samsung drives and I don't buy anything else.

This drive really is revolutionary if you're coming from running your OS on a HDD. The move from HDD > SSD is a game changer, and this drive being connected directly to a PCIe slot in your motherboard allows it to reach speeds far superior to that for a standard SATA SSD, which are generally capped around 550MB/s. 📈 My results from both Samsung Magician software and CrystalDiskMark speak for themselves, my sequential writes and reeds are all over 2000MB/s, which is so blazing fast especially when transferring from one SSD to another, which is something I do often - a 2GB file I've noticed takes a couple seconds, anything less than 2GB is so quick I don't even see the little pop-up that shows you the transfer progress and ETA. 🌡️ 40-60C is where you can realistically expect this drive to be hovering around, the reason my one is on the higher side is because my one is directly underneath my graphics card, a RTX 2080, which is a card that generally runs a little hotter than other cards. The drive never exceeds 70C, even while gaming. 👨🏽‍🔧 Installing this drive was a breeze, and migrating the OS from my previous drive an 850 EVO SATA SSD to this was unimaginably easy - the software makes it incredibly easy to select your source and destination during the migration process and transfer everything over. All you need to do is restart, change your boot drive, and you're good to go. 🥇 Reliability is where this drive shines, I've been using this drive nearly everyday in my PC for over a year and so far the diagnostics scan in Samsung Magician is reporting no abnormalities and that the drive is in good health. I double checked this with another software called CrystalDiskInfo which is reporting back 100% integrity. All in all, this is one of the best purchases I have made for my PC. I strongly recommend sticking with Samsung when it comes to SSD's for your PC, I've now also got a 8TB QVO and a 1TB 860 EVO that all work extremely well together, super fast transfer speeds and zero wait time - try it for yourself, you won't regret it!

Speed is exceptional when its cool. Fitted on a 2015 iMac 5K, I get 2800mb/s write, 2950mb/s read. However, after running BlackMagic disk speed test for no more than 5 minutes, writes cap out at 610mb/s - see attached image. The flash itself isn't the issue, but the controller. I thought reviews were exaggerating, but wow. The controller gets seriously hot, and eventually has to throttle to protect itself, and realistically unless you fit a beefy heatsink you're not going to see a big difference. It is unfortunate it is an issue, but I think it makes sense - this is a drive for demanding users, who most likely will have a custom built desktop, so they can easily fit a heatsink - takes minutes to do so. However if you have a laptop, the drive itself cannot manage the heat for pro workloads. Unfortunately as I have an iMac I am kinda in the same boat, although I will take apart my iMac in the near future to fit a slim heatsink.. I imagine most people buying these are doing work, and gaming, and for both cases I can't imagine it throttling. But if you have a desktop, just plan to buy a heatsink as part of this purchase. And also - an SSD isn't meant to include a screw. I have never bought any storage with any mounting hardware - thats got nothing to do with Samsung, you're buying a storage medium, and that's what you received. The amount of reviews complaining about this is mind boggling, if you aren't technical please go to a professional so they can fit it for you. Its like buying wheels for your car and complaining that they don't come with bolts.....

Great drive which performs very well in benchmarks. Personally I use this drive for multiple virtual machines where it seems to be more responsive when booting, installing or performing disk heavy I/O. I could manage just fine on a SATA model, but this NVMe causes the VMs to feel more snappy and responsive in this scenario. Outside of this specific workload, the drive feels similar to my SATA SSDs since my other tasks are not usually limited by storage performance. After all, SATA solid state drives are already significantly faster and have very low latency compared to spinning rust (hard drives). Benchmarks were ran on my Ryzen 2700X system with an Asus Crosshair X470 motherboard. Due to being so compact and fast, these drives can get hot. Under heavy sequential write workloads these drives can get toasty and potentially throttle. Running CrystalDiskMark with default settings saw a peak temperature of 64C (22C ambient, installed in desktop but with no active airflow). I suspect that in a restrictive environment, such as a laptop, that throttling could possibly be common in heavy workloads. Packaging is good. Small cardboard box with a plastic shell protecting the SSD drive. It did not come with a screw to install the drive though as these are usually included with your motherboard. Very easy to install with no cables needed. Samsung magician software is also decent and easy to use with a clean design. I have tried a range of tools from other manufacturers but the Samsung software is a clear winner. It isn’t necessary, but it allows you to benchmark the drive, set overprovisioning, secure erase and more. Also make sure to install the Samsung NVMe driver from their website for optimal performance. As for Amazon, I have a mixed experience. The first drive I ordered was stolen (broken security seal and drive missing) but they quickly arranged a replacement without any hassle. The product itself though is fantastic.