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Samsung PM9C1a
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,600 MB/s
NAND TLC
42 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (76th percentile) 76th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (17th 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 T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 |
| Seq Read | 5,600 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 14,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1480 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM9C1a | 76.3 | 60.3 | 53.3 | 17.2 | 14.5 | 36.1 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.2 | 98.7 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 82.5 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 99.1 | 78.5 | 74.4 | 96.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.3 | 54.8 | 87.5 | 96.4 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.1 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 89.7 | 40.8 |
| ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.1 | 89.3 | 93.7 | 78.5 | 77.6 | 82.5 |
Price
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