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Samsung 1TB SSD PCIe NVMe
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe
Read Speed 3,500 MB/s
NAND MLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 1200 TBW
81 Overall Score
Price $459
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong endurance (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong random (87th percentile) 87th
Cons
- Below average affordability (14th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2700 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 500000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 500000 |
Hardware
| NAND | MLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung Phoenix |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 1TB SSD | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | MLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 1TB SSD | 61.4 | 86.8 | 97.5 | 55.5 | 95.1 | 95.4 | 14.2 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 88.9 | 96.4 | 94 | 98.1 | 88.2 | 95.4 | 3.9 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.4 | 94 | 92.6 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 9.3 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.1 | 99.2 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 86 | 77.4 | 10.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.6 | 83 | 95.4 | 19.7 |
| SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 88.9 | 95.7 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 88.2 | 95.4 | 9.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall80.6
- Budget72.9
- Gaming77.7
- Laptop83.1
- Console37.9
- Portable19
- Workstation80.9
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