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Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB

Price and performance details for the Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB can be found below. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the Hard Drive compared to the 10 other common Hard Drives in terms of PassMark Disk Rating.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the Disk Rating per dollar.

Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB

Drive Size:  465.8 GB

Other names:  Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, NVMe Samsung SSD 970, NVMe Samsung SSD 970 SCSI Disk Device, NVMe Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB

Drive First Benchmarked: 2018-05-03

Drive Rating/$Price: 157.66

Overall Rank:  2571

Last Price Change:  $118.95 USD (2025-03-28)

Average Drive Rating
18754
Samples: 8734

Disk Test Suite Average Results for Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB

Sequential Read2,966 MBytes/Sec
Sequential Write1,457 MBytes/Sec
Random Seek Read Write (IOPS 32KQD20)1,034 MBytes/Sec
IOPS 4KQD178 MBytes/Sec
MerchantPricePurchase
Amazon.com$69.81 USDBuy Now!
NewEgg.comNADrive Not Available. See Other Models
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Pricing History


Drive Rating Relative to Top 10 SSDs Common Drives
As of 28th of March 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Drive Average Disk Rating
WD BLACK SN850X 2000GB
51,525
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 2TB SSD
50,124
Samsung 990 Pro PM9F1 1TB SSD
48,968
KINGSTON KC3000 2TB
48,840
WD BLACK SN850X 1TB
47,336
Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRS 1000G
45,378
KINGSTON KC3000 1TB
44,895
WD BLACK SN850 1TB
42,901
Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB
41,923
Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB
18,754
Last 5 Baselines for Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB
Most recent listed first
Baseline Disk Rating
BL2495050 - Mar 20 2025
23169
BL2495048 - Mar 20 2025
23169
BL2494814 - Mar 20 2025
17497
BL2493755 - Mar 19 2025
10710
BL2493707 - Mar 19 2025
14804