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Samsung 8TB SSD SATA III
Capacity 8TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND QLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 2880 TBW
74 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong feature (85th percentile) 85th
- Strong endurance (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average affordability (3rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 8000 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 530 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 98000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 88000 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | MKX |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 2880 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 8TB SSD | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 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 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | - |
| Dram Cache | true | true | false | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 2880 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 8TB SSD | 38.4 | 44.1 | 84.9 | 98.1 | 70.6 | 95.3 | 3.1 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.2 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 94.1 | 95.3 | 9.1 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99 | 99.2 | 89.4 | 92.5 | 86 | 77.4 | 11 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 89 | 96.3 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 3.7 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 83 | 95.3 | 19.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850P Compare | 87.7 | 96.3 | 84.9 | 98.1 | 71.3 | 95.3 | 3.9 |
Usage Scores
- Overall73.8
- Budget63
- Gaming57.1
- Laptop60
- Console30
- Portable19.6
- Workstation62
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