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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

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Effective Speed 
+60%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 496,552 user samples
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1,241 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 254% 90GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 118% 172GB free (System drive)
Poor: 118% Great: 254%
SPEED RANK: 138th / 1080
495,311 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 346% 140GB free (System drive)
Poor bench: 178% 466GB free
Poor: 178% Great: 346%
SPEED RANK: 50th / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed 		172 % 275 % Much faster effective speed.
+60%
Average Score 
+100%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		1470 MB/s 2374 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+61%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		535 MB/s 1975 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+269%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		45.2 MB/s 67.9 MB/s Much faster random read.
+50%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		132 MB/s 132 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		527 MB/s 1593 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+202%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		58.3 MB/s 79.4 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+36%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		438 MB/s 799 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+82%
Peak Score 
+42%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		2504 MB/s 2694 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+8%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		1080 MB/s 2523 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+134%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		64.2 MB/s 71.8 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+12%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		185 MB/s 222 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+20%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		958 MB/s 1910 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+99%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		88.7 MB/s 104 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+17%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		1001 MB/s 1054 MB/s Slightly faster peak sustained write speed.
+5%
Value & Sentiment 
+∞%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0 % 0.82 % Insanely higher market share.
+∞%
Value
Value For Money 		32.4 % 79 % Hugely better value.
+144%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		50 % 55 % Slightly more popular.
+10%
Price
Price (score) 		$60 Cheaper.
+13% 		$69
Nice To Haves 
+115%
Age
Newest 		72+ Months 65+ Months Slightly more recent.
+10%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		811 MB/s 1888 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue read.
+133%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		1001 MB/s 1512 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue write.
+51%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score 		2,943 Pts 5,357 Pts Hugely stronger server IO.
+82%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		565 MB/s 1656 MB/s Hugely faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+193%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 		485 MB/s 1223 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue read.
+152%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 		447 MB/s 910 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue write.
+104%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 		347 MB/s 1037 MB/s Hugely faster deep queue mixed IO.
+199%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		250GB 500GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 172%
Average Bench 275%
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The 970 Evo Plus offers excellent sustained write performance both in and out of cache. This results in consistent performance even when the drive is nearly full. Samsung also have a great track record for reliability, this drive will likely last a lifetime. The larger capacity drives (1TB+) offer even better write performance and may be more appropriate for some users. We use this drive (and its larger siblings) extensively in our EFps Lab at UserBenchmark. [Feb '20 SSDrivePro]

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