Lexar NM790 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Lexar NM790 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Lexar
82 Overall Score
vs
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung
99 Overall Score

Scores

Gaming
Lexar
78
Samsung
100
Console
Lexar
75
Samsung
100
Workstation
Lexar
75
Samsung
99
Budget
Lexar
92
Samsung
83
Laptop
Lexar
85
Samsung
86
Portable
Lexar
21
Samsung
27

Specifications

Lexar NM790Samsung 9100 PRO
Drive
Capacity
1,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,400
14,800
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,500
13,400
Random Read (IOPS)
1,000,000
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
900,000
2,600,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Controller—In-House Controller
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,000
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption✗✓★

Pros & Cons

Lexar NM790 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong random (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong speed (90th percentile)90th %ile

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Below average affordability (5th percentile)5th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 99 overall, wins 4 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.

Lexar NM790 Better at:

Budget

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

GamingConsolePortableWorkstation