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Samsung PM9A1
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 6,900 MB/s
NAND TLC
48 Overall Score
Price $164
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average social proof (10th percentile)
- Below average endurance (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
Based on 2 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6900 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4900 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM9A1 | Crucial T710 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite | ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRSK/1000G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,900 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 | 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 PM9A1 | 78.2 | 61.2 | 52.7 | 34.2 | 14.3 | 10.4 |
| 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
Value & Pricing
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