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Samsung PM9A1 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,000 MB/s
60 Overall Score
Price $399
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong speed (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong capacity (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average endurance (14th percentile)
- Below average feature (32nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5200 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1000000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 850000 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM9A1 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | 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 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | - |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM9A1 | 78.9 | 92.2 | 32.4 | 78.3 | 14.4 | 37.7 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 80.4 | 95.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.4 | 95.5 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 93.6 | 95.5 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.3 | 52.9 | 92.6 | 95.4 | 88 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.7 | 99.1 | 71.4 | 92.6 | 94.2 | 95.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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