Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Fikwot FN960 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Fikwot FN960 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Fikwot
57 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Fikwot
56
Console
Samsung
97
Fikwot
36
Gaming
Samsung
97
Fikwot
45
Budget
Samsung
70
Fikwot
77
Laptop
Samsung
75
Fikwot
47
Portable
Samsung
27
Fikwot
13

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROFikwot FN960
Drive
Capacity
8,000
512
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation5★4
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
5,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
2,400
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
350
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
No data
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile

Fikwot FN960 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong endurance (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong feature (79th percentile)
  • Strong affordability (77th percentile)
  • Strong speed (65th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (34th percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

Fikwot FN960 Better at:

Budget