Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Timetec Premium SSD

Timetec Premium SSD

Timetec
43 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Timetec
41
Console
Samsung
98
Timetec
17
Gaming
Samsung
97
Timetec
35
Budget
Samsung
87
Timetec
33
Laptop
Samsung
76
Timetec
44
Portable
Samsung
27
Timetec
10

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROTimetec Premium SSD
Drive
Capacity
8,000
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
2,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
1,600
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,500,000
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

Timetec Premium SSD

  • Strong social proof (79th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (18th percentile)18th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation