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Samsung SSD
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,200 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 200 TBW
58 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong endurance (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong social proof (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong random (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2200 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 900 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 270000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 85000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung UBX controller |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung SSD | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Crucial T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRSK/1000G | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,200 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | false | true | false |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1000 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung SSD | 45.5 | 77.8 | 93.9 | 17.5 | 92.1 | 88 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 98.9 | 95.4 |
| Crucial T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 99.8 | 54.9 | 85.6 | 78.9 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 86.8 | 95.4 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRSK/1000G Compare | 82.6 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 54.9 | 93.7 | 95.4 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 86.4 | 95.1 | 78.5 | 54.9 | 87.5 | 95.4 |
Price
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