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Samsung 990 PRO 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,450 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
67 Overall Score
Price $335
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong speed (93rd percentile) 93rd
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average social proof (29th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7450 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6900 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1400000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1550000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 990 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | Seagate FireCuda 530R | Lexar NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 990 PRO | 93.4 | 97 | 93.5 | 54.9 | 14.5 | 29.1 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.4 | 95.2 | 88.9 | 92.5 | 87.9 | 95.2 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.4 | 92.5 | 93.4 | 86.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 82.7 | 95.2 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.4 | 53.3 | 92.5 | 95.6 | 77.4 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.3 | 92.5 | 74.7 | 57.1 |
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