Loading times are ~3200MB/s,
Dont judge a ssd entirely on sequential speed (sure its important for game loading) iops matters too
ps: there is a 970 evo plus
"The 970 EVO Plus reaches sequential read/write speeds up to 3,500/3,300 MB/s, up to 53%‡ faster than the 970 EVO. "
- Sequential Read: 3500MB/s
- Sequential Write: 3300MB/s
- Random Read (4KB, QD32): 600,000 IOPS
- Randwom Write (4KB, QD32): 550,000 IOPS
- Random Read (4KB, QD1): 19,000 IOPS
- Random Write (4KB, QD!): 60,000 IOPS
There are also pci-e v4.0 drives out there (evo is v3.0)
Remember if you need even more speed you can raid nvme drives
you only have 1? M.2 slot?
You can buy things like this
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aqua...sd-m-key-with-passive-heatsink-cc-000-aq.html