Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Fikwot FX520

Fikwot FX520

Fikwot
47 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Fikwot
44
Console
Samsung
98
Fikwot
19
Gaming
Samsung
98
Fikwot
38
Budget
Samsung
87
Fikwot
42
Laptop
Samsung
77
Fikwot
50
Portable
Samsung
28
Fikwot
11

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROFikwot FX520
Drive
Capacity
8,000
256
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 3.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation5★3
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
2,100
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
1,000
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
No data
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓★✗
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Samsung 9100 PRO

  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile

Fikwot FX520

  • Strong feature (79th percentile)
  • Strong social proof (71st percentile)
  • Below average capacity (17th percentile)17th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation