Samsung's 970 Pro line of solid-state drives is their third generation of retail M.2 form factor SSDs. These drives run at a full PCI-Express 3.0 x4 speed, which provides lots bandwidth and results in performance that is several times what a SATA III based SSD can provide. This 512GB model has sequential read speeds of up to 3.5GB/s with write speeds up to 2.3GB/s.
Please note that some M.2 slots, especially on older motherboards, may not run at the full PCIe x4 this SSD is capable of. In such cases, performance will be limited by the speed of the slot. These drives can also get hot during extended read / write operations - moving data in the hundreds of gigabytes range. That is an extreme scenario, and most users will never run into it, but if the drive does get too hot it will throttle down to prevent overheating. That will reduce drive speeds until it cools off, but even in that situation performance is still well above what SATA-based SSDs offer.
Please note that some M.2 slots, especially on older motherboards, may not run at the full PCIe x4 this SSD is capable of. In such cases, performance will be limited by the speed of the slot. These drives can also get hot during extended read / write operations - moving data in the hundreds of gigabytes range. That is an extreme scenario, and most users will never run into it, but if the drive does get too hot it will throttle down to prevent overheating. That will reduce drive speeds until it cools off, but even in that situation performance is still well above what SATA-based SSDs offer.
Model: Samsung MZ-V7P512E
Specifications
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Capacity | 512 GB |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Endurance (TBW) | 1,200 TBW |
| Peak Power Draw | 8.5 Watts |
Performance | |
| Sequential Read (Peak) | 3,500 MB/s |
| Sequential Write (Peak) | 2,300 MB/s |
| Random 4KB Read | 370,000 IOPS |
| Random 4KB Write | 500,000 IOPS |
