Samsung 970 EVO plus 500 GB SSD The Samsung 970 EVO is fast. The Samsung 970 EVO Plus is even faster. It has read/write speeds of up 3, 500/3, 300MB/s. It’s an industry leading performance. If you’re a PC builder, gamer or power user you need a 970 EVO Plus in your life. Upgrade your PC or workstation with the newest addition to Samsung’s powerful range of SSDs. Available in capacities ranging from 250GB to a massive 2TB. The drive on this page is 500GB. 1GB=1, 000, 000, 000 bytes by IDEMA/ A certain portion of capacity may be used for system file and maintenance use, so the actual capacity may differ from what is indicated on the product label. Unbeatable performance Speed counts. And the 500GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus is seriously fast. Guaranteed. Firmware optimisation combined with the Phoenix controller and intelligent Turbo Write boost sees this SSD delivering unrivalled results. Superfast read/write speeds of up 3, 500/3, 300MB/s blow away any other SSD in its class. Unbelievably, it’s also 50% faster than the 970 EVO. Performances may vary depending on SSD’s firmware version and system hardware & configuration. Performance measurements based on IOmeter 1. 1.0. The write performances were measured with Intelligent Turbo Write technology being activated. The sequential write performances after Intelligent Turbo Write region are: 400 MB/s(250GB), 900 MB/s(500GB), 1, 700 MB/s(1TB) and 1, 750 MB/s(2TB). Test system configuration: Intel Core i7-7700K CPU @4. 2GHz, DDR4 2400MHz 32GB, OS-Windows 10 Built 10240, Chipset-ASUS PRIME Z270-A. Up to 53 percent performance increase for sequential write speed for 250GB version. Advanced encryption Data security is as important as speed. And the 970 EVO Plus has multiple security features including Self-Encrypting Drive technology. And AES 256-bit hardware encryption is provided as standard. Your data is safe with Samsung. Reliability built in Reliability is massive for any SSD. And thanks to the latest V-NAND technology the Samsung 970 EVO Pl