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Samsung 8TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2
Capacity 8TB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 5.0 x4
Read Speed 14,800 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 4800 TBW
98 Overall Score
Price CA$3,498
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong feature (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong speed (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong capacity (98th percentile) 98th
Cons
- Below average affordability (2nd percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 8000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 14800 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 13400 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 2200000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 2600000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | In-House Controller |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 4800 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 8TB SSD | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Lexar NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 8TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 14,800 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 4800 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 8TB SSD | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.2 | 29 | 86.1 | 95.3 | 2 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.5 | 96.4 | 93.9 | 98.2 | 0 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 3.9 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.9 | 90.8 | 92.6 | 29 | 93.6 | 87 | 6.3 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.5 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 95.3 | 19.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99 | 99.3 | 97.6 | 98.2 | 94.6 | 81 | 44.5 | 3.3 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.4 | 97.6 | 92.6 | 0 | 75 | 56.6 | 9.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
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