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Samsung PM9C1a 256GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,600 MB/s
NAND TLC
42 Overall Score
Price $65
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong speed (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average social proof (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5600 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM9C1a | Crucial T500 | Western Digital Black SN850X | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 | SanDisk Optimus 5100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,600 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | QLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | - | - |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 640 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM9C1a | 78.1 | 61.7 | 53.8 | 17.6 | 14.7 | 25.1 | 78.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 99 | 55.3 | 83 | 95.3 | 56.5 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 85.7 | 93.3 | 89.4 | 55.3 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 49 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 84 | 97 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 45.8 | 59.2 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 77.6 | 61.7 | 53.8 | 78.5 | 69.7 | 87 | 22.7 |
| SanDisk Optimus 5100 Compare | 86.9 | 95.7 | 14.7 | 55.3 | 95.3 | 87 | 52.9 |
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