Crucial SSD

Crucial SSD

Crucial
83 Overall Score
vs
Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Crucial
77
Samsung
100
Console
Crucial
85
Samsung
98
Gaming
Crucial
83
Samsung
98
Budget
Crucial
83
Samsung
87
Laptop
Crucial
76
Samsung
77
Portable
Crucial
22
Samsung
27

Specifications

Crucial SSDSamsung 9100 PRO
Drive
Capacity
2,000
8,000
Form FactorM.2M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation55
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,500
14,800
Sequential Write (MB/s)
12,700
13,400
Random Read (IOPS)
1,550,000
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,800,000
2,600,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Controller—Samsung in-house Controller
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
4,800
MTBF (hours)No data
1,500,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Crucial SSD

  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)

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

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation