Samsung PM9A3 3.84TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe U.2
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong speed (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average endurance (14th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 3840 |
| Form Factor | U.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM9A3 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Lexar NM1090 PRO | Solidigm D7-P5520 SSDPF2KX038T11Z | Micron 7450 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 3.84TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 3.84TB | 960GB |
| Form Factor | U.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | U.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,200 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | SLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | - | - |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2800 TBW | 7168 TBW | 1700 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM9A3 | 67.1 | 61.3 | 14.1 | 88.1 | 14.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.9 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 87.3 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.5 | 98.6 | 90.7 | 92.6 | 93 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 90.7 | 92.6 | 74.4 |
| Solidigm D7-P5520 SSDPF2KX038T11Z Compare | 77.8 | 61.3 | 78.5 | 88.1 | 97.4 |
| Micron 7450 PRO Compare | 64 | 86.9 | 78.5 | 41.5 | 97 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From ¥414,876
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Usage Scores
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