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Samsung 2TB SSD SATA III
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 560 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 1200 TBW
72 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong endurance (86th percentile) 86th
- Strong capacity (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average affordability (18th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 560 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 530 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 98000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 36000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | MKX |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 2TB SSD | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Lexar NM1090 PRO | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 | Team Group T-FORCE G70 PRO TM8FFH004T0C128 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 560 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2800 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2960 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 2TB SSD | 38.3 | 40.2 | 94 | 78.5 | 86.1 | 95.3 | 17.6 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.7 | 96.4 | 94 | 98.2 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 3.9 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.9 | 90.9 | 92.6 | 93.6 | 87.1 | 6.4 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.4 | 97.6 | 92.6 | 75.1 | 56.7 | 9.6 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 89.5 | 98.2 | 88.2 | 40.9 | 2.3 |
| Team Group T-FORCE G70 PRO TM8FFH004T0C128 Compare | 92.9 | 81.1 | 94 | 92.6 | 81.9 | 41.4 | 14 |
Price
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