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Samsung 990 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,250 MB/s
67 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong speed (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong capacity (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average affordability (22nd percentile)
- Below average feature (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7250 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6450 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 850000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1200000 |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 990 | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,250 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 990 | 86.7 | 95 | 33.5 | 78.5 | 42.1 | 46.8 | 21.5 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.5 | 92.5 | 88.1 | 95.4 | 10.5 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.5 | 99 | 91 | 92.5 | 93.5 | 87.1 | 6.4 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.1 | 99.2 | 89.5 | 92.5 | 86 | 77.3 | 12 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 95.4 | 19.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.7 | 98.1 | 80.8 | 44.5 | 3.3 |
Usage Scores
- Overall67.3
- Budget65.3
- Gaming70
- Laptop72.4
- Console66.6
- Portable18.2
- Workstation66.7
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