Samsung 9100 PRO
Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Crucial P310
Crucial
81 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Samsung 9100 PRO
No customer feedback yet
Crucial P310
88 out of 100 medium confidence 27 reviews
The Crucial P310 is widely praised for its fast speeds, matching advertised performance, and effective heatsink. Users appreciate the 5-year warranty, easy installation, and good value, with many noting its compatibility with PS5. A few minor concerns include lower endurance due to QLC NAND and the need for PCIe 4.0 to achieve full speeds.
Pros
- Fast speeds
- Effective heatsink
- 5-year warranty
- Easy installation
- Good value
Cons
- Lower endurance (QLC)
- Requires PCIe 4.0 for full speed
- No included mounting screw
- Cloning software not favorite
Performance speed 20
Heatsink effectiveness 12
Warranty 15
Ease of installation 10
Value for money 9
Ps5 compatibility 5
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Specifications
| Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial P310 | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5★ | 4 |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | ||
| Random Write (IOPS) | ||
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Controller | Samsung in-house Controller | — |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | No data | |
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 5 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hardware Encryption | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Samsung 9100 PRO
- Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
Crucial P310
- Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong speed (81st percentile)81st %ile
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile)
- Below average feature (14th percentile)14th %ile
Pricing
Samsung 9100 PRO
Crucial P310
No current pricing available
Verdict
Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO
Scores 100 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.
