New On sale 21%
Samsung 1TB SSD SATA III
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 600 TBW
62 Overall Score
Price CA$440
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong endurance (86th percentile) 86th
Cons
- Below average random (8th percentile)
- Below average affordability (32nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 530 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 88000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung MKX Controller |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 600 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 1TB SSD | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T2XHE | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 600 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 1TB SSD | 38.1 | 7.7 | 93.5 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 95.2 | 31.7 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.6 | 88 | 95.2 | 11.4 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.6 | 93.4 | 86.8 | 6.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 20.1 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T2XHE Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 93.5 | 92.6 | 80.7 | 95.2 | 9 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.4 | 53.6 | 92.6 | 95.6 | 77.4 | 7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$440
Amazon 1 offer From CA$440
Best Buy 1 offer From CA$470
Price History
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Usage Scores
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