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Samsung PM9A1

★★★★★ 5.0 (6)
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 6,900 MB/s
NAND TLC
Samsung PM9A1 ssd
49 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong speed (78th percentile) 78th

Cons

  • Below average endurance (14th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (34th percentile)

What owners think

How owner sentiment changed over time

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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
1★2★3★4★5★Q2 '25: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ1 '26: 5.0★ · 1 review11Q2 '25Q1 '26
Avg ratingHappy (4-5★)Unhappy (1-2★)Bar height = number of reviews

Based on 2 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

Speed 77.5
Random 60.6
Feature 53.3
Capacity 33.9
Endurance 14.3
Social Proof 37.7

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 Western Digital Black SN850X ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS
Capacity 512GB 2TB 1TB 1TB 1TB 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0
Seq Read 6,900 MB/s 14,900 MB/s 14,900 MB/s 10,000 MB/s 7,300 MB/s 7,400 MB/s
Nand Type TLC TLC TLC TLC TLC TLC
Dram Cache - true true false true true
Endurance - 1200 TBW 4800 TBW 600 TBW 600 TBW 1480 TBW
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product SpeedRandomFeatureCapacityEnduranceSocial Proof
Samsung PM9A1 77.560.653.333.914.337.7
Crucial T710 Compare 99.398.797.478.48379.7
SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare 97.49990.654.69995.6
Corsair MP700 Elite Compare 94.696.485.654.687.395.6
Western Digital Black SN850X Compare 84.792.293.854.687.995.6
ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare 92.289.593.878.477.279.7

Price

Value & Pricing

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Usage Scores

Overall (49.4)Budget (51.7)Gaming (43.4)Laptop (55.3)Console (43.8)Portable (14.2)Workstation (47.1)

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