Customer Ratings & Reviews

Works as expected, Fast speed, appears to be solid. Easy to install. Would buy again. Next time go with 4TB as never have enough space.

The Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB has been an excellent storage upgrade with noticeably faster boot times, application launches, and large file transfers. Installation was simple in a standard M.2 slot, and the drive has run cool and stable under sustained workloads like gaming, video editing, and AI data handling. Sequential speeds feel very close to advertised performance, and overall system responsiveness improved immediately after migrating the OS and projects to this drive. For the capacity, speed, and reliability reputation Samsung has built, this SSD offers strong real-world value for high-performance desktops and workstations.

This SSD was a major upgrade for my PC, originally built in 2019, in which I've been using a standard 2.5" SSD to boot for since I built it. With an upgrade to Windows 11 Pro a few years ago, my older 256GB drive wasn't cutting it anymore. In addition, I had an HDD to boot games off of, and with the size of shaders nowadays, there was a lot of wasted time waiting for things to compile or just load in general. Now, my PC is on in less than 6 seconds, games load in < 60 seconds, and it was very simple to install. Only thing I would say is it should have come with a screw, I know typically motherboards are responsible for this, but it wouldn't hurt to include one just in case users, like myself, didn't hold onto all the extra parts from the original installation.

The Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB is an impressive SSD that delivers outstanding performance. With PCIe Gen 4x4 support and read speeds up to 7,250 MB/s, it’s incredibly fast for gaming, heavy workloads, and large file transfers. The M.2 2280 form factor makes it easy to install, and the 2TB capacity provides plenty of space for both operating systems and applications. It’s a reliable and efficient choice if you want high speed, stability, and storage in one drive.

Works perfect, cheap fast and exactly what i needed.

I recently upgraded to the Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB SSD for my gaming PC, and it’s been a great choice. Load times are lightning-fast, games boot up almost instantly, and everything runs super smooth. I noticed a big difference especially in open-world games with a lot of assets to load. It’s a PCIe 4.0 drive but also works with PCIe 5.0, which makes it future-proof. The installation was simple, and it doesn’t run hot even after long gaming sessions, which is a big plus. For the price, the performance is impressive. If you’re a gamer looking for more space and faster load times, this drive is 100% worth it.

Easy to install and does its job perfectly, I needed an upgrade in storage capacity and speed and this product was a great choice.

I set up the Samsung 990 EVO Plus as a second hard drive in my Asus ROG G814 gaming laptop. The G814 shipped with a WD PC SN740 SDDP 1TB drive which closely matches the performance of the 990 EVO Plus. Hence, I did not feel it was worth my time to clone my boot drive to the 990 EVO Plus. It did not take me long to fill the drive up with games, applications, and files. I did already have a Samsung 980 1TB drive as a second drive which was replaced by the 990 EVO Plus. Installing the 990 EVO Plus was straight forward. First, I offloaded my files from my older Samsung 980, removed the old drive from the laptop, replaced it with the new drive, and then rebooted the system. The Bios recognized the drive, asked me to accept the new settings, and then the system booted to Windows. Windows detected the drive and allowed me to partition and format the drive. I chose to partition the whole 2GB as a single drive. Performance: The max performance for my laptop appears to be between 5.5GB. At least that is the max benchmarked read performance reported by Samsung’s Magician built in benchmarking tool. Real world performance is a more complicated story. Burst data reads and writes range between 2.5GB/s and 3.5GBs for about a minute. After a minute then the drive takes a dive to between 400MB/s to 700MB/S. The performance can drop again If the read or write is sustained. I ran a few torture tests that lasted upwards of 10 minutes. Essentially, extended read/write operations are terrible. This will not impact my games, photo editing, or documents I work on. Load times will seldom exceed the burst data rate window. If I were doing video encoding, then this would move up to the non-EVO version of the 990. I created three folders: 3GB Video files, 800MB video files, and 30K photos and files. Each folder contained at least 100GB of data. I did a drive-to-drive copy and an inter-drive data copy with each folder. Moving data from the 990 EVO Plus to my boot drive had the best sustained performance than any of the other tests. Moving the same folders from the boot drive to the 990 EVO Plus showed a bit slower sustained performance but good enough for my needs. Folder to folder copy was a different story. Making a copy of each of the three folders followed the same pattern. Burst data rate of 2.5GB/s to 3.5GB/s was sustained for about 60 seconds. Then the data rate would nosedive to 400MB/s to 500MB/s. The step down in sustained data rates dropped twice during the 30K file run. I included a photo with the Windows Explorer file copy graphs for reference. My conclusion is that burst data rates are excellent. Loading games, game levels, and swapping other content from the drive to memory are excellent. This is mostly due to the short transactional nature of the content. I played the likes of Diablo IV, Mechwarrior 5: Clans, MWO, Fortnite, and several other games from Xbox Game Pass, Steam, EA, and Blizzard without any stuttering or other odd behavior. Load times were really good. Some Numbers: I posted a photo of the file transfer tests I conducted using Windows Explorer. There is some overhead to Windows Explorer file copy that would explain some of the performance results but not all of it. My Asus ROG Strix 18 has two full sized SSD drive slots. The primary drive space has a WD PC SN740 SDDP 1TB drive. My second drive was a Samsung SSD 980 1TB drive. The 980 was replaced by the 990 EVO Plus. WD PC SN740 SDDP: Sequential Read MB/s 3514, Sequential Write MB/s 2820, Random Read IOPS 191894, Random Write IOPS 103271. Samsung SSD 980: Sequential Read MB/s 4277, Sequential Write MB/s 4166, Random Read IOPS 195556, Random Write IOPS 109130. 990 EVO Plus: Sequential Read MB/s 5500, Sequential Write MB/s 5066, Random Read IOPS 148925, Random Write IOPS 105957. Conclusion: I think the 990 EVO Plus is a good choice for gaming, storage, and photo editing. The drive should work for video editing but not in instances where sustained data rates are required.

Super easy install and setup with smoother performance than any other in class. Ultra fast and reliable!

This SSD is impressively fast and incredibly easy to install. It works seamlessly and boosts overall system performance. Highly recommend!

The Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB delivers excellent PCIe Gen 4 performance with fast load times and smooth overall system responsiveness. Installation was easy, speeds are consistently strong, and it handles gaming, multitasking, and large file transfers without issue. It’s reliable, efficient, and a great upgrade for anyone looking for fast, dependable storage.

Installation was quick and simple, and my system booted up noticeably faster right away. It’s perfect for gaming or everyday use, with fast read/write speeds and reliable performance. Definitely a great upgrade if you’re looking to boost your computer’s speed without spending a ton. Highly recommend!

This beautiful piece of technology went into an m.4 slot in my computer, and the rest was history! Faster laod times, much more storage than just a single terabyte, and it mounted neatly to my motherboard. What's not to love? AND! It's at least 10 dollars cheaper in store as of writing this review than ordering it via amazon and paying for shipping, so that is a big win in my book. Way to go Best Buy!

So far pretty good. Haven't had any major issues yet, drive is a definitive upgrade from the 1tb I was rocking before. Have more space for games to play with friends and more peace of mind when it comes to storage. Highly recommend.

Decently fast, get the Pro version if you want top speeds. Samsung knows what they're doing with these drives, which is why they stay in the top end for performance and reliability. Installed Windows from USB3 stick in about 5 minutes. Not all NVME's are made the same and I am lucky I found a USB3 stick that actually performs anywhere near USB3 speeds, but I was shocked it went so fast. I had a 970 Evo in my previous build for 5-6 years and never had any problems so expecting the same reliability.

I also bought an Insignia M.2 NVMe to USB-C SSD enclosure for the Samsung 990 EVO Plus SSD 2T to do backups. The installation of the SSD and the SSD enclosure was very easy. Previously, I had upgraded my HHD to the same Samsung SSD EVO Plus SSD 2TB. The backups go very fast and so far no issues. Very happy too!!

Got to but in an Asus Ally Xbox. Just swapped out the M.2's. Plenty fast and a lot more room for games and other software. Samsung M.2's have always been good for me. Fast and plenty of storage.

Everything as described good quality easy install. Easy setup works great.

Can't believe what a difference this ssd has made. My boot time went from 3 minutes to about 30 seconds or less. It took a little research to find out how to change the bias to boot from the new ssd D drive rather than the old C drive. Found the proceedure on Google. After the boot, the ssd D drive is now the C drive. I used Samsung Magician to transfer the data from the old hard drive to the ssd. I had 625 GB's to transfer from the hard drive to the ssd and it took it , believe it or not, 19 1/2 hours to complete. Everything runs much faster now and I don't have any more low memory alerts. This ssd makes all the difference in the world.

easy to install! great storage, would recommend to everyone