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Samsung SSD
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 3.0
Read Speed 3,400 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 300 TBW
68 Overall Score
Price $229
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong endurance (86th percentile) 86th
- Strong random (85th percentile) 85th
Cons
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3400 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2300 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 370000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 450000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung Phoenix |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 300 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung SSD | Western Digital WD Black SN850X | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung SSD | 58.1 | 84.6 | 93.9 | 26.4 | 28.5 | 85.6 | 99.5 |
| Western Digital WD Black SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 94.9 | 80.5 | 95.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.7 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 78.9 | 82.6 | 95.5 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 66.7 | 93.7 | 95.5 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.5 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 0 | 98.9 | 95.5 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 99.8 | 78.3 | 78.9 | 86.8 | 38.5 |
Price
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