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Samsung 1TB SSD PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,500 MB/s
NAND MLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 1200 TBW
80 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong endurance (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong random (87th percentile) 87th
Cons
- Below average affordability (15th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2700 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 500000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 500000 |
Hardware
| NAND | MLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung Phoenix |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 1TB SSD | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | MLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 1TB SSD | 61.2 | 86.8 | 97.6 | 55.4 | 95.1 | 95.3 | 15.2 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.5 | 92.6 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 10.5 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.9 | 90.9 | 92.6 | 93.6 | 87.1 | 6.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 95.3 | 19.7 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.6 | 98.2 | 80.9 | 44.6 | 3.3 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.9 | 96.8 | 53.8 | 92.6 | 95.7 | 77.3 | 6.6 |
Usage Scores
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