Samsung 970 EVO Spec and Price in the United States
Released May 7, 2018
Samsung's mainstream Gen3 line before the Plus revision runs 3,400/2,300 MB/s at 500GB on TLC NAND with a DRAM cache and Phoenix controller, per the datasheet. Endurance scales 150/300/600/1,200TB across the 250GB-to-2TB range with a five-year warranty — the well-trodden Gen3 upgrade pick for older platforms.
Tied 68th of 106 models in the SSD catalog on Sequential read — 4 models share this figure. 71st of 106 models in the SSD catalog on Sequential write.
Prices exclude sales tax.
The last tracked price for the 250GB Samsung 970 EVO in the United States was $199.99 at Newegg, captured 2026-10-05. Across one tracked merchant and 27 days of recorded prices, the 90-day median for the 250GB Samsung 970 EVO is $199.99 and the lowest recorded price is $199.99. This site began capturing prices on July 30, 2026; for Amazon listings, prices dated earlier come from Keepa's price history.
Captured periodically and may have changed.
- 250GB
- 500GB
- 2TB
Each point is one day's recorded price, not a list price. Points dated before July 30, 2026, when this site began capturing prices, come from Keepa's Amazon price history. How we track prices
Specifications
- Capacity
- 500GB
- Interface
- NVME
- Sequential read
- 3400 MB/s
- Sequential write
- 2300 MB/s
- PCIe generation
- 3
- Form factor
- M.2 2280
- NAND type
- TLC
- DRAM cache
- Controller
- Samsung Phoenix controller
- Endurance (TBW)
- 300 TB
- Warranty
- 5 years
Capacities
| Configuration | Part number | Endurance (TBW) | Sequential write | Sequential read | Current best price | Price per TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250GB | MZ-V7E250E | 150 TB | 1500 MB/s | 3400 MB/s | $199.99 Price too old to confirm | — |
| 500GB | MZ-V7E500E | 300 TB | 2300 MB/s | 3400 MB/s | $249.99 Price too old to confirm | — |
| 2TB | MZ-V7E2T0E | 1200 TB | 2500 MB/s | 3500 MB/s | $499.99 Price too old to confirm | — |
What owners and reviewers say
Summarised from 2 source(s), reviewed September 13, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices
Commonly praised
- Good overall performance with roughly 3GB/s reads and good sustained write speed for its flash type.
- Reasonably priced with a five-year warranty, running cool across a wide spread of capacities.
- Owners consistently report fast boot and load times and strong real-world transfer speeds.
- Installation is described as straightforward, with Windows and its drivers setting up without trouble.
- Owners treat it as a dependable upgrade from older drives, and several say they would buy it again for another build.
Commonly criticised
- Slightly more expensive than competing drives, and its temperature reporting is highly inaccurate.
- Some owners received the drive in non-retail packaging with no mounting screws or standoffs.
- One owner reported the drive failing within about a year, with warranty support complicated by the unit having come from another region.
- Several owners consider it expensive relative to other options.
Sources behind this summary
- Newegg — 4 out of 5 (10 ratings), as of September 15, 2026
- TechPowerUp — review
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Sources
Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.