Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Inland TN320 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Inland
53 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
No customer feedback yet
Inland TN320 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
45 out of 100 low confidence 7 reviews
The SSD has mixed reviews: some users praise its speed and value, especially for home lab use, while others report failures within months or immediately, leading to data loss. Packaging is criticized for being hard to open, and one user notes thermal throttling under sustained load. Overall, reliability concerns dominate the negative sentiment.
Pros
- Fast and reliable
- Good value for price
- Works well in home lab
Cons
- Fails within months
- Immediate failure with corrupted sectors
- Hard to open packaging
- Thermal throttling under sustained load
Reliability 4
Performance 3
Value for money 2
Packaging 1
Thermal throttling 1
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Specifications
| Samsung 9100 PRO | Inland TN320 | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5★ | 3 |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | No data | |
| Random Write (IOPS) | No data | |
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✓★ | — |
| Controller | Samsung in-house Controller | — |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | ||
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 6★ |
| 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
Inland TN320 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong endurance (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Below average user sentiment (6th percentile)6th %ile
Verdict
Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO
Scores 100 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.