Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SATA III 2.5"

Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SATA III 2.5"

Samsung
74 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
89 Overall Score

Scores

Console
Samsung
31
SanDisk
86
Workstation
Samsung
74
SanDisk
85
Gaming
Samsung
62
SanDisk
84
Budget
Samsung
71
SanDisk
57
Laptop
Samsung
69
SanDisk
65
Portable
Samsung
20
SanDisk
23

Specifications

Samsung 870 EVOSanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100
Drive
Capacity
4,000
8,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
560
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
530
13,200
Random Read (IOPS)
98,000
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
88,000
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
ControllerMKXnCache 4.0
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
2,400
4,800
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong endurance (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Below average affordability (5th percentile)5th %ile

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100

Scores 89 overall, wins 4 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 18 specs.

Samsung 870 EVO Better at:

BudgetLaptop

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 Better at:

GamingConsolePortableWorkstation