Customer Ratings & Reviews

Super easy installation, took all of about 5 minutes and half of that was spent looking up a youtube video just to be safe. My read speed is off the charts and overall this literally saved my pc. 9.5/10 wish i got the bigger one.

Installation into my ROG computer was easy-peasy even for a non-tech person. However, it took me days of surfing the net and looking at you-tube vids to figure out why Windows 11 refused to recognize the drive was there despite it showing on BiOS and in the devices. Using it as my main game storage drive and no issues since. That is the only reason I am deducting a star. Samsung needs to make sure it is an easy plug and play unit.

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 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.

I had just finished upgrading my gaming PC and grabbed the 970 plus to use as a game drive. I usually use slower drives for the OS since boot time is negligible and any increase in transfer times would benefit games more. Installation was typical, so no issues there. Installed Samsung Magician and firmware is up-to-date. and proceeded to fill it up with some programs and software. Using Crystal DiskMark with NVME settings I got some impressive results that gave pretty closely to what the box claims it could do. However, it was only sequential reads that could hit near 7000MB/s. Writes, while still nice, never reached the 7000 or 6000 mark. These benches reflect into real world as fast load times. But that should be expected from any NVME or SSD. Even though you get huge numbers benches, the difference in driver performance flattens out once you step away from benches and put it to real use. So, while the drive wasn't significantly faster than my "budget" NVME it still shaved some precious seconds, lol. Next was as 55GB large file transfer. My other NVME can sustain around 5000MB/s so its able almost keep up with the bench score on the 970 for writes. The copy was only able to achieve 3GB/s. I'm not sure if I was limited by the drives or my motherboard. Either way, copying a 55GB file from one drive to another was still blazing fast. Copying the file from my server to the NVME gave me enough time to go downstairs, fix a drink, go to the bathroom, start this review and finally done after writing 1/2 of this review, lol. So yeah, I'm not crying over not hitting 5GB/s. Along with the 2 NVME I have 2 SSD's because they were cheaper at the time of buying for the capacity I wanted and I only had 1 NVME slot. Since my new motherboard supports 4 NVME drives I'm seriously considering replacing those two SSD with a couple more 970 pluses.

Just got my hands on the Samsung 990 EVO PLUS 2TB SSD, and wow, it’s a game-changer! The speeds are insane—up to 7,250 MB/s—and I can definitely tell the difference when loading games, transferring files, or booting up my PC. Installation was a breeze, and the 2TB capacity is perfect for storing all my games and media without worrying about running out of space.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Great ssd, i upgraded from a 1 tb hard drive to this soo i can tell there is a huge difference, soo far im loving it. 100% recommended

Great price. Worked as expected. I did in store pickup made it a breeze to get the part I needed quickly. This drive is pretty fast. I'm using it solely for my steam library and it's been working great.

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.

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!!

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!

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

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.

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!

I bought this in store on sale. I put in my friends PC for him. It works great, and the boot times are quick. Cant go wrong with a Samsung SSD.