Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk SSD

SanDisk SSD

SanDisk
41 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
SanDisk
40
Console
Samsung
98
SanDisk
14
Gaming
Samsung
97
SanDisk
28
Budget
Samsung
87
SanDisk
52
Laptop
Samsung
76
SanDisk
41
Portable
Samsung
27
SanDisk
11

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROSanDisk SSD
Drive
Capacity
8,000
480
Form FactorM.2 22802.5"
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4SATA III
ProtocolNVMeSATA
PCIe Generation5★—
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
535
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
445
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCSLC★
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
No data
Warranty (years)5★3
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 SSD

  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong social proof (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Below average speed (18th percentile)18th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average capacity (23rd percentile)

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