New
Samsung SSD
Capacity 128GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 150 TBW
44 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong endurance (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average capacity (7th percentile)
- Below average social proof (9th percentile)
- Below average speed (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 128 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 470 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 100000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 90000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung MEX |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 150 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 10 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung SSD | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X | Lexar NM790 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 128GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | false | false | false | false |
| Endurance | 150 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung SSD | 23.4 | 44.6 | 93.9 | 6.9 | 78.9 | 93.9 | 8.8 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.8 | 96.2 | 99 | 54.9 | 0 | 82.6 | 95.5 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 78.9 | 86.8 | 95.5 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 86.4 | 95.1 | 78.4 | 54.9 | 0 | 87.5 | 95.5 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.9 | 78.4 | 54.9 | 94.9 | 99.2 | 35 |
| Lexar NM790 Compare | 89.1 | 92.7 | 52.7 | 54.9 | 0 | 93.6 | 95.5 |
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