Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital Black SN8100

Western Digital Black SN8100

Western Digital
82 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Western Digital
87
Console
Samsung
98
Western Digital
79
Gaming
Samsung
98
Western Digital
84
Budget
Samsung
87
Western Digital
63
Laptop
Samsung
76
Western Digital
80
Portable
Samsung
27
Western Digital
22

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROWestern Digital Black SN8100
Drive
Capacity
8,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation55
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
14,000
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
No data
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓★✗
Hardware Encryption✓★✗

Pros & Cons

Samsung 9100 PRO

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

Western Digital Black SN8100

  • Strong speed (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong feature (91st percentile)91st %ile
  • Below average social proof (33rd percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 6 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation

Western Digital Black SN8100 Better at:

Laptop