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Samsung 990 PRO

★★★★★ 4.6 (4)
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,450 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Samsung 990 PRO ssd
67 Overall Score

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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong random (97th percentile) 97th
  • Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
  • Strong speed (93rd percentile) 93rd

Cons

  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)
  • Below average social proof (30th percentile)

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

Speed 93.1
Random 96.9
Feature 93.7
Capacity 54.8
Endurance 14.5
Social Proof 29.8

Specifications

Full Specifications

Drive

Capacity 1000
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol NVMe
PCIe Generation 4
External No

Performance

Sequential Read (MB/s) 7450
Sequential Write (MB/s) 6900
Random Read (IOPS) 1400000
Random Write (IOPS) 1550000

Hardware

NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Controller Samsung

Features

Heatsink Yes

vs Competition

Spec Samsung 990 PRO Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Crucial T710 Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Seagate FireCuda 530R SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100
Capacity 1TB 4TB 4TB 2TB 4TB 8TB
Form Factor M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 x4
Seq Read 7,450 MB/s 7,300 MB/s 14,500 MB/s 7,300 MB/s 7,400 MB/s 14,900 MB/s
Nand Type TLC TLC TLC TLC TLC TLC
Dram Cache true true false true false false
Endurance - 2400 TBW 2400 TBW 2000 TBW 5050 TBW 4800 TBW
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product SpeedRandomFeatureCapacityEnduranceSocial Proof
Samsung 990 PRO 93.196.993.754.814.529.8
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare 87.994.893.792.881.296.4
Crucial T710 Compare 98.798.785.392.886.282.5
Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare 92.593.393.778.59496.4
Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare 92.196.153.392.895.790.3
SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 Compare 98.79988.798.288.152.2

Usage Scores

Overall (66.8)Budget (63.6)Gaming (71.3)Laptop (61.8)Console (71.9)Portable (18.4)Workstation (66.6)

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