New Price drop 21%
Samsung PM9C1a 256GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,600 MB/s
NAND TLC
42 Overall Score
Price CA$131
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong speed (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average social proof (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5600 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM9C1a | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,600 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 3000 TBW | 1480 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM9C1a | 78.1 | 61.7 | 53.8 | 17.6 | 14.7 | 25.1 | 78.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.5 | 83 | 95.3 | 19.6 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.6 | 78.5 | 91.1 | 51.8 | 24.1 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.3 | 98.7 | 95.3 | 43.6 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.9 | 90.5 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 77.6 | 77.3 | 29.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.1 | 97 | 86.1 | 55.3 | 87.4 | 95.3 | 43.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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