Samsung 9100 Pro

Samsung 9100 Pro

Samsung
91 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital SSD

Western Digital SSD

Western Digital
55 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Samsung
95
Western Digital
54
Workstation
Samsung
91
Western Digital
57
Gaming
Samsung
90
Western Digital
43
Budget
Samsung
88
Western Digital
46
Console
Samsung
85
Western Digital
19
Portable
Samsung
24
Western Digital
12

Specifications

Samsung 9100 ProWestern Digital SSD
Drive
Capacity
1,000
256
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 3.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation5★3
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
3,150
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
2,100
Random Read (IOPS)
1,850,000
270,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
280,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★—
Controller5nm controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
600
200
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★—
Features
Heatsink✗—
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Samsung 9100 Pro

  • Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile

Western Digital SSD

  • Strong random (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
  • Strong endurance (78th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (18th percentile)18th %ile
  • Below average social proof (32nd percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 Pro

Scores 91 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 Pro Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation