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Samsung SSD
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe
Read Speed 3,200 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 200 TBW
65 Overall Score
Price $319
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong random (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong endurance (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3200 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1800 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 330000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 330000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung Polaris controller |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung SSD | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,200 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung SSD | 56.1 | 83.1 | 93.8 | 25.9 | 72.1 | 95.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.2 | 82.9 | 95.6 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.7 | 93.8 | 78.2 | 93.8 | 95.6 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.4 | 97.5 | 78.2 | 80.9 | 53.2 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.5 | 99.1 | 90.6 | 54.7 | 98.9 | 95.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.8 | 96.5 | 99.7 | 78.2 | 87.1 | 38.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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