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Samsung 512GB SSD
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,500 MB/s
NAND MLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 600 TBW
69 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong endurance (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong random (85th percentile) 85th
Cons
- Below average affordability (34th percentile)
- Below average capacity (35th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2300 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 370000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 500000 |
Hardware
| NAND | MLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung Phoenix |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 600 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 512GB SSD | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | MLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 600 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 512GB SSD | 59.9 | 85.3 | 97.5 | 34.9 | 94.9 | 42 | 34 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 88.9 | 96.4 | 94 | 98.1 | 88.2 | 95.4 | 3.9 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.4 | 94 | 92.6 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 9.3 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.1 | 99.2 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 86 | 77.4 | 10.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.6 | 83 | 95.4 | 19.7 |
| SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 88.9 | 95.7 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 88.2 | 95.4 | 9.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall69
- Budget64.5
- Gaming54.4
- Laptop67.3
- Console25.6
- Portable14.8
- Workstation71.7
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