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Micron 960GB SSD NVMe M.2
Capacity 960GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 1700 TBW
72 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong random (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average affordability (7th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 960 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1400 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 520000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 82000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1700 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Micron 960GB SSD | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 960GB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 1700 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micron 960GB SSD | 64.1 | 83.2 | 78.8 | 41.2 | 97.4 | 7.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.6 | 88 | 11.5 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.2 | 85.9 | 1.8 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.6 | 93.4 | 6.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 82.8 | 20.1 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.2 | 80.7 | 3.4 |
Usage Scores
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