New
Samsung SSD
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
46 Overall Score
Price $249
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
Cons
- Below average social proof (22nd percentile)
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
- Below average speed (31st percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 540 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 520 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 98000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 90000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung MGX Controller |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung SSD | Crucial T710 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite | ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRSK/1000G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 600 TBW | 1480 TBW | 1000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung SSD | 30.5 | 44.1 | 93.9 | 26.4 | 63.3 | 21.5 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.4 | 98.9 | 97.5 | 78.3 | 82.6 | 79 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.5 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 98.9 | 95.5 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 86.8 | 95.5 |
| ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.4 | 90 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 77.2 | 79 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRSK/1000G Compare | 82.6 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 54.9 | 93.7 | 95.5 |
Price
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