Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great drive, performs very well and is very very fast. For best performance download and install the Samsung NVMe drivers.

For the price, this drive is very difficult to beat. Performance is great; it is a boost over traditional SSDs, but the best part is the size. It is great to have a drive that goes directly on the motherboard. My requirements are not heavy on storage use, so this drive is the only storage drive in my system, and it does a great job.

My windows 10 steps (upgrading from a Crucial M4 SSD) are as follows: 1. Install Samsung 960 Evo 1TB 2. Install NVMe driver and reboot (necessary to get the full speed/benefit) (Download from Samsung's website) 3. Install Samsung Magician and run the program to make sure the latest firmware is installed. (you can download it from samsung's website). 4. Install Samsung Data Migration Software and run the program to clone the main C drive. (again you can download from samsung's website) 5. Remove main boot drive. 6. Change bios setting to boot the Samsung 960 Evo (if you are using a UEFI bios and installed windows in uefi mode it should say Windows Bootloader: Samsung 960 etc.) 7. Run Samsung Magician to make sure AHCI and Trim is enabled. If not google how to enable. 8. Wipe old SSD and give to a friend Also, note that Windows was installed in UEFI mode. You can tell windows was installed in UEFI mode since my boot order lists “Windows bootloader: Samsung 960 EVO” rather than “Samsung 960 EVO”. If your Windows 10 install is not in UEFI mode, I would do a clean install and install using UEFI mode making sure GPT is used rather than MBR. The easiest way to do this is to use a windows install usb drive and boot to it in uefi mode. As far as my review of this drive. It’s insanely fast (see screenshot to see how it does on an x99 Taichi with i7-6850k). I had to switch some of my hdd sata connectors on my motherboard since some of my sata connectors shares lanes with the m.2 (moving it unlocked the screenshot you see). Read your manual to see if this applies to you! Unfortunately, if you are already using a SSD with a 500MB read speed, you will see little benefits for the increased cost. For new builds, this should be on your build list and makes more sense than upgrading. Also note the higher in capacity, the faster the 960 should be (theoretically). Also, using a tpm 2.0 module and bitlocker on the 960 evo 1tb brought the read speed down to 1700 and not affecting the write speed. So even with bitlocker this drive is SUPER FREAKING FAST! Other thoughts: The watchdogs 2 promotion was an absolute farce and most folks that backordered/purchased this item (including myself) never received the code. Also, make sure you have adequate airflow in your case because this thing can get hot see my screenshot for temps while benchmarking (the temps are current on the left, min in the middle, and max on the right using hwmonitor) FOR THOSE HAVING ISSUES: I have found that read speeds are affected by two big reasons. 1. The motherboard shares the m.2 with a sata port. FIX: Read your manual and switch which sata ports you are using to a port that isn't shared. 2. TPM modules. FIX: Don't use bitlocker if it bothers you that your read speed goes down.

Great storage and boot device for my Lenovo laptop. It is extremely fast and reliable and was priced just right.

The SSD Evo is fast, approaching the 960 Pro. I have 6 of these in use without issue, for about a year now. Be sure you install the Samsung NVME driver to get the best performance. I have not had any issues with them getting too hot and throttling, however, my computer case allow for ample air flow.

This SSD is fantastic. I previously had the 850 Evo and upgraded to this 960 evo M.2 and it was worth it.

No complaints. Easy to install. Works great and is fast. Haven't had any issues after several months.

I've installed this in an asus 2-1 core7, 12 gb ram with win 10. Compared to the 2TB it came with this thing is fast and easy to install! less than 10 seconds boot. Though the space is not high, I don't mind in order to get the performance this SSD does. Would definitely buy again.

Came from an Evo 850 500g the speed difference is really nice. owning both drives this drive is definitely faster.FULL speed of this drive you must be hooked up to a PCI Express x 4 slot. Do not use the cloning software to setup this drive. This drive needs to be formatted to GPT format and also running on windows 10 UEFI to reach the advertised speeds. From everyday tasks to transferring files this drive does make upgrading from your standard 2.5" drive to a nvme worth the money. Make sure your motherboard can boot from UEFI and it says Master Boot drive or else you won't be hitting max speeds.

Super fast and recognized immediately. Great storage for my gaming laptop. Highly recommended.

Fast and easy to install, gets system running in a breeze, really quick tranfers

Improved performance of my gaming computer and it is easy to install

Super fast and easy to install, I am loving it so far.

Samsung dominates the SSD market and this 960 EVO 250 is at the top of it's class for good reason. You'd have to move up to the 960 PRO series to see better performance. Additionally, Samsung stands behind their products with a 5 year warranty. Their speed and reliability have made them the world class leader in the field of solid state drives. It's worth spending the few dollars more to get a Samsung instead of a cheaper, slower, less reliable SSD... You'll be glad you did! Some fresh "Real World" User Benchmark #'s for the enthusiasts: Sequential: Read 2699Mb/s, Write 1225Mb/s, Mixed 1371Mb/s- Random 4k: Read 51.4Mb/s, Write 152Mb/s, Mixed 45.8Mb/s- Deep Queue: Read 604Mb/s, Write 439Mb/s, Mixed 222Mb/s-

Bought this for the wife's HP ENVY X360 with ryzen 2500u that for some reason comes with a spinner hard drive. Laptop look 45 seconds to boot up, installed this nvme ssd and after doing a fresh install of Windows 10, the thing flies. 6 seconds cold boot, programs start quickly and the system feels more responsive.

The SSD is very fast. I also have a Samsung 960 Pro SSD and this one is nearly as fast. Price is very reasonable. I have 6 of these SSD's and have not had a single one fail.

Wow. This drive is *fast.* I’ve been using it as my boot drive and it’s lasted me well over a year now. I haven’t noticed any degradation in speed, and am planning on buying one of the new 970 Evos to expand my storage further. Literally the only complaint I have is that mine is a 250gb so it doesn’t store all my files and I have to use a secondary drive. But that’s not the fault of the product, that’s just me being a cheap dingus! If you have the money or the desire for fast speeds, I urge you to get this product. It’s incredibly reliable, fast, and so so worth it.

A great new format for the SSD. It is fast and a great boot size for a new computer. If your computer can accept the new standard, I highly recommend it.

This is my primary windows hard drive I boot from. It is extremely fast and I notice a difference over a standard SSD. I have gig internet and I notice a reduction in download time with this drive when downloading from faster locations. Love this drive.

I have this as my c: drive which holds the operating system and applications. Then I have another large ssd as my data drive. Windows boot time is amazing. Photoshop, illustrator and lightroom all launch very quickly. Prices are dropping so get the largest you can afford. But this size is more than adequate for win 10, office, most of the adobe creative suite (photoshop, illustrator, lightroom, indesign, audition, premier, acrobat) and also a full install of the community version of microsoft visual studio.