Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Corsair
84 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Corsair
80
Console
Samsung
97
Corsair
82
Gaming
Samsung
97
Corsair
81
Laptop
Samsung
75
Corsair
73
Budget
Samsung
70
Corsair
72
Portable
Samsung
27
Corsair
21

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROCorsair 2TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
8,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation55
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
10,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
8,500
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
1,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
1,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
ControllerSamsung in-house ControllerPS5031-E31T
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
1,200
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,600,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile

Corsair 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong speed (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong endurance (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Below average affordability (20th percentile)20th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 7 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation