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Samsung 2TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 7,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 1200 TBW
88 Overall Score
Price $430
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong random (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong speed (80th percentile) 80th
Cons
- Below average affordability (19th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5100 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1000000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1000000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Elpsis |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 1 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 2TB SSD | Crucial T500 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS | Corsair MP700 Elite | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 14,200 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 1480 TBW | 600 TBW | 1000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 2TB SSD | 79.7 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 74.3 | 95.3 | 18.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.4 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 56.3 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.9 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.4 | 98.7 | 95.3 | 43.4 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.8 | 90.5 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 77.7 | 77.4 | 29.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.1 | 97 | 85.9 | 55.4 | 87.3 | 95.3 | 43.4 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 Compare | 97.3 | 99 | 90.9 | 55.4 | 92.3 | 87.1 | 24.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $430
Amazon 3 offers From $430
Best Buy 1 offer From $109
Price History
New Open Box / Refurbished
Usage Scores
- Overall88.3
- Budget85.2
- Gaming88.1
- Laptop94.3
- Console84.5
- Portable22.3
- Workstation87
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