Samsung 990 PRO

Samsung 990 PRO

Samsung
89 Overall Score
vs
KingSpec SSD

KingSpec SSD

KingSpec
45 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
89
KingSpec
46
Gaming
Samsung
88
KingSpec
36
Budget
Samsung
88
KingSpec
27
Console
Samsung
88
KingSpec
17
Laptop
Samsung
79
KingSpec
35
Portable
Samsung
23
KingSpec
10

Specifications

Samsung 990 PROKingSpec SSD
Drive
Capacity
1,000
128
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2242
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 3.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation4★3
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,450
3,500
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,900
No data
Random Read (IOPS)
1,400,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
1,550,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★—
ControllerSamsung—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
600
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,200,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓★—
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Samsung 990 PRO

  • Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong speed (93rd percentile)93rd %ile

KingSpec SSD

  • Below average capacity (7th percentile)7th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 990 PRO

Scores 89 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Samsung 990 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation