Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB vs Samsung 960 (NVMe) 250 GB
Short answer: which is best?
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB is 70.7 % stronger than Samsung 960 (NVMe) 250 GB. Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB ranks #17 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (11,203 Drive score over 1 verified runs). Samsung 960 (NVMe) 250 GB ranks #44 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (6,562 Drive score over 6 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 7 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB | Samsung 960 (NVMe) 250 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS) | 11,203 | 6,562 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 5,740 | 4,488 |
| Sequential read | 2,485 MB/s | 1,676 MB/s |
| 4K IOPS | 17,729 | 8,782 |
| 4K latency, median (lower is better) | 53 µs | 110 µs |
| Type | NVMe SSD | NVMe SSD |
| Size | 1 TB | 250 GB |
What the numbers mean
The drive score is the system drive's measured performance in the rigs it sat in — sequential read and 4K IOPS, unbuffered. PCIe generation, fill level and driver affect it. GAMING is the whole rig's score. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite, the same test on every PC, written in Rust with no middleware. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB · All measurements for Samsung 960 (NVMe) 250 GB