Samsung 970 EVO 1Tb NVMe specs

Posted on November 07, 2022 by Raymond Chen

Samsung's 970 EVO NVMe works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 interface. Detailed characteristics of this SSD in our article.

Samsung's 1Tb 970 EVO internal SSD works on Samsung Phoenix. The 970 EVO comes equipped with Samsung TLC memory. This drive besides, available in three capacities: 500 Gb, 250 Gb and 2 Tb volume sizes.

Performance and benchmarks

SSD works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 interface with sequential read speeds 3500 Mbps, and maximum write speeds equals to 2500 Mbps. 970 EVO has input/output performance 500000 on reading and 450000 on writing operations per second.

Endurance and warranty

Samsung provide 5 years warranty for this product limited by 675 Total Bytes Written. The 970 EVO has 1.5 million hours mean time between failure.

Specs

Category	Value
Capacity	1 Tb
Interface	M.2 3.0 x 4
Controller	Samsung Phoenix
Memory type	Samsung TLC
DRAM	n/a
Read speed (Mb/s)	3500
Write speed (Mb/s)	2500
Read IOPS	500000
Write IOPS	450000
Endurance (TBW)	675
MTBF (million hours)	1.5
Warranty (years)	5

Conclusion

Samsung 970 EVO 1Tb may work on previous bus standard that is undoubtedly slower than PCIe 4.0. The write speed is 2500 Mbps, that is common for this interface. The Internal SSD can write 675 TBW, that is bad in comparison with nearest competitors. Weighing all these factors, Samsung 970 EVO 1Tb is a well-rounded SSD.

+ Pros

Good writing speed
Capacity

- Cons

PCIe 3.0
Writing speed

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FAQ

The Samsung 970 EVO has no dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) or data about it is not known. Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) in their controller help to improve endurance and input/output performance.

The Samsung 970 EVO due to the low density of memory chips able to last with no additional cooling systems. Some motherboards from the factory has thermal pads above and below the drive for improving performance during times of high loads.

The Samsung 970 EVO 1Tb has sequential write speed 2500 Mbps, read speed 3500 Mb per second. It operate on Samsung Phoenix controller and M.2 3.0 x 4 high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard. The NAND flash memory type is Samsung TLC.