New Price drop 17%
Samsung PM9C1A 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
NAND TLC
46 Overall Score
Price $100
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong speed (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM9C1A | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Kingston KC3000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | 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 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,300 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM9C1A | 67.3 | 61.4 | 53.6 | 34.2 | 14.7 | 72.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.9 | 96.3 | 98.9 | 54.9 | 82.8 | 57.6 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 Compare | 91.4 | 95.9 | 53.6 | 78.3 | 88 | 37.6 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 26.7 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.8 | 80.8 | 93.5 | 54.9 | 98.7 | 44.5 |
| Kingston KC3000 Compare | 80.7 | 92.9 | 93.5 | 54.9 | 92.9 | 39.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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