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Samsung 512GB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2242
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2242
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
NAND TLC
49 Overall Score
Price $145
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (35th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2242 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 512GB SSD | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU | Western Digital BLACK SN850X | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2242 | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1480 TBW | 3000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 512GB SSD | 68 | 61.7 | 53.7 | 34.8 | 14.7 | 62.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 19.3 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.2 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 91 | 24.3 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.6 | 53.7 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 22.8 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.8 | 90.5 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 77.7 | 29.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.9 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.4 | 98.7 | 43.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall48.8
- Budget73.3
- Gaming40.3
- Laptop52.9
- Console38.1
- Portable12.1
- Workstation43.3
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