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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
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Part Comparison
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Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
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Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
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Power Calculator
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Will It Run?
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Samsung

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price | $/GB |
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| Availability |
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Newegg | $319.99 | $1.280 | In Stock | $319.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The Samsung 970 Evo 250GB is an M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD. It offers significantly faster sequential read/write speeds compared to SATA SSDs, making it suitable for operating system drives and frequently accessed applications. While its 250GB capacity is small for modern gaming libraries, it provides a noticeable performance boost for general computing tasks over traditional hard drives or SATA SSDs in its class.
Verdict
“Good for users needing a fast boot drive and application storage on a budget.”
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
3,400 MB/s
Sequential Write
1,500 MB/s
4K Random Read
200K IOPS
4K Random Write
350K IOPS
SLC Cache
13GB
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
150 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.33 DWPD
MTBF
1.5M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache — what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
Yes (512 MB)
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