New
Samsung PM991
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2242
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
38 Overall Score
Price $63
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (80th percentile) 80th
Cons
- Below average endurance (14th percentile)
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2242 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM991 | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Western Digital Black SN850X | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | ADATA XPG BLADE SMAR-980B-1TCS | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2242 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | - |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 740 TBW | 640 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM991 | 50.5 | 60.6 | 14.3 | 17.1 | 14.3 | 79.7 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.5 | 96.1 | 99 | 54.6 | 83 | 95.6 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 84.7 | 92.2 | 93.8 | 54.6 | 87.9 | 95.6 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 82.5 | 96.4 | 93.8 | 78.4 | 86 | 50.6 |
| ADATA XPG BLADE SMAR-980B-1TCS Compare | 96.7 | 97.9 | 97.4 | 54.6 | 81.8 | 0 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 75.9 | 60.6 | 53.3 | 78.4 | 68.7 | 88.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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