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Samsung PM9A1
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
27 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average endurance (14th percentile)
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average social proof (19th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM9A1 | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite | Seagate Game Drive for PS ZP2000GP3A1001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | - |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 600 TBW | 1275 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM9A1 | 50.5 | 60.6 | 14.3 | 17.1 | 14.3 | 19.3 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.3 | 98.7 | 97.4 | 78.4 | 83 | 79.7 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.4 | 97.4 | 78.4 | 81 | 53.5 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.4 | 99 | 90.6 | 54.6 | 99 | 95.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.6 | 54.6 | 87.3 | 95.6 |
| Seagate Game Drive for PS ZP2000GP3A1001 Compare | 82 | 91.4 | 78.5 | 78.4 | 90 | 88.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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