Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
PNY CS900

PNY CS900

PNY
42 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
PNY
40
Console
Samsung
98
PNY
13
Gaming
Samsung
98
PNY
26
Budget
Samsung
87
PNY
52
Laptop
Samsung
77
PNY
40
Portable
Samsung
27
PNY
10

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROPNY CS900
Drive
Capacity
8,000
250
Form FactorM.2 22802.5"
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4SATA III
ProtocolNVMeSATA
PCIe Generation5★—
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
535
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
500
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
100
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
No data
Warranty (years)5★3
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

PNY CS900

  • Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong endurance (69th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (12th percentile)12th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average speed (24th percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 12 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation