New On sale 21%
Samsung 1TB SSD SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 600 TBW
68 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 affordability (21st 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 Read (IOPS) | 98000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 88000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | MKX |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 600 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 1TB SSD | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | false | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 600 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 1TB SSD | 38.4 | 44.1 | 93.9 | 55.4 | 85.9 | 95.3 | 20.8 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.2 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 94 | 95.3 | 9 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99 | 99.2 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 85.9 | 77.4 | 11 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 89 | 96.3 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 88 | 95.3 | 3.7 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 19.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.6 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 80.9 | 95.3 | 8.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$440
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Price History
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Usage Scores
- Overall68.2
- Budget73.4
- Gaming54.7
- Laptop63.3
- Console26.8
- Portable16.6
- Workstation67
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