At first I thought it was DOA - I plugged it into 2 different motherboard slots and even an M.2 PCI card. Nothing new showed up in device manager, not even an unknown device without drivers. My 960 pros were still listed (samsung driver 2.3).

Ultimately, the real-world performance differences between the SSD 970 Pro and competing drives like the WD Black NVMe are pretty minimal. Add in the SSD 970 Pro's limited capacity choices, and the result is that most consumers, even speed freaks like competitive gamers and pro video editors, should...

Extremely fast read and write speeds, constant across capacity; Excellent reliability ratings; Five-year warranty; Low power consumption; Hardware encryption

Expensive; Only two capacity options

We feel the EVO and PRO are both at a grand level and very close to each other in performance, the 970 Pro model definitely has a bit more bite in some areas though. Realistically, the 970 series is more of an evolution rather than a revolution, it has been all about refining the technology.

This is an expensive drive and even though it is worth it, there is no compelling reason to upgrade from any of the newer PCIe m.2 drives unless you want bragging rights or worship benchmarks.

As fast as advertised; The benchmarks don't lie; Bragging rights and showing off for all you techie friends; Actually, like all Samsung drives this is top of the line quality that works like blazes

You can't tell the difference between this drive and other top tier m.2 drives; I replaced a 256 gig 960 evo m.2 drive with this one and the computer isn't noticeably faster; Run the benchmarks and you can see it is even though the percent of increase isn't great.

The Samsung 970 Pro is the Korean firm's latest attempt to maintain its position at the top of the SSD market – and, on paper at least, this drive is a barnstormer. Samsung's next SSD success may sound like a foregone conclusion after the last few years of dominance, but reality isn't that rosy.

Exceptional speed in all tests; Faster than the 960 Pro; Excellent endurance levels

Only minor gains over rivals; Expensive

The Samsung Pro line has remained as the unchallenged king of solid-state drives for the last few years. But recent contenders, like the WD Black NVMe SSD , have proven that Samsung can't sit on its laurels anymore. So, the company has delivered its fastest consumer drive ever: the Samsung 970 Pro.

The fastest SSD money can buy; Reliable for years; Substantially higher write speeds

Not much faster than rivals; Slightly pricier than competitors; Read speeds remain the same

Launched at the same time as the 970 EVO, the 970 PRO is Samsung's 3rd generation flagship NVMe consumer drive, taking over the mantle from the legend that is the 960 PRO. Coming in at £599.99 it is certainly not cheap, but can the performance justify that hefty price tag

Performance; Endurance; Magician software

No 2TB option as yet; Expensive

Samsung's 970 Pro flagship SSD offers incredible performance, especially when it comes to writes, where it tops the charts with up to 2.4 GB/s because of MLC flash. Reads are even faster at 3.5 GB/s. If only the SSD was more affordable: $200 for 512 GB is not exactly cheap.

If you want the world's best performing flash-based consumer SSD, then what you want is Samsung's 970 Pro.

I see that the EVO version has the 2gb capacity. When will the 2gb for the PRO come out I apologize this is not a review but more of a question nevertheless I have no doubt this is a great product as I have owned 3 Samsung SSDs (2 of them NVMEs). Samsung is indeed a leader in this space.