Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk Ultra 3D

SanDisk Ultra 3D

SanDisk
55 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
SanDisk
52
Console
Samsung
98
SanDisk
25
Gaming
Samsung
98
SanDisk
49
Budget
Samsung
87
SanDisk
76
Laptop
Samsung
76
SanDisk
57
Portable
Samsung
27
SanDisk
16

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROSanDisk Ultra 3D
Drive
Capacity
8,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 22802.5"
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4SATA III
ProtocolNVMeSATA
PCIe Generation5★—
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
560
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
520
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
87,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
83,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
No data
Warranty (years)5★—
Features
Heatsink✓★—
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

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

SanDisk Ultra 3D

  • Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Strong social proof (70th percentile)
  • Below average endurance (14th percentile)14th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation