Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Team Group T-Force GA PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Team Group
70 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
No customer feedback yet
Team Group T-Force GA PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
28 out of 100 medium confidence 12 reviews
The Team Group T-FORCE GA PRO 8TB SSD has received mostly negative feedback, with many users reporting failures within hours or days, often accompanied by severe overheating. While a few buyers praised its low price and speed, the majority experienced data loss, drive disappearance, and poor thermal performance, leading to a strong recommendation to avoid this product. The lack of firmware updates and poor customer support further compound the issues.
Pros
- Low price per terabyte
- Fast sequential read speed
- Good value when on sale
Cons
- Fails within hours or days
- Severe overheating issues
- Data loss and corruption
- Drive disappears from BIOS
- No firmware updates available
Reliability 7
Thermal performance 4
Value for money 3
Customer support 2
Firmware updates 2
Data integrity 2
Scores
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Specifications
| Samsung 9100 PRO | Team Group T-Force GA PRO | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 | 5 |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | No data | |
| Random Write (IOPS) | No data | |
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✓ | ✓ |
| Controller | In-House Controller | InnoGrit IG5666 |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | No data | |
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 5 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hardware Encryption | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Below average affordability (5th percentile)5th %ile
Team Group T-Force GA PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong feature (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong speed (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong endurance (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
- Below average social proof (1st percentile)1st %ile
- Below average user sentiment (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average affordability (6th percentile)6th %ile
Verdict
Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO
Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 6 of 18 specs.