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Samsung 1TB SSD SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
58 Overall Score
Price CA$1,044
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong endurance (65th percentile) 65th
Cons
- Below average affordability (21st percentile)
- Below average speed (31st 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) | 540 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 520 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 98000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 90000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | Samsung MGX Controller |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 1TB SSD | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Western Digital Black SN850X | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 1TB SSD | 31 | 44.6 | 78.9 | 55.3 | 43.8 | 65.3 | 87.1 | 20.5 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.4 | 94 | 92.5 | 79 | 94 | 95.3 | 8.9 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.4 | 92.5 | 94.7 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 10.4 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.1 | 99.2 | 89.4 | 92.5 | 0 | 86 | 77.3 | 12 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.4 | 79 | 83 | 95.3 | 19.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.6 | 98.1 | 94.7 | 81 | 44.5 | 3.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$1,044
Amazon 1 offer From CA$1,044
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Usage Scores
- Overall57.5
- Budget66
- Gaming46.8
- Laptop55.4
- Console23.5
- Portable14.1
- Workstation52.7
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