Samsung SSD
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong endurance (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong user sentiment (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong random (85th percentile) 85th
Cons
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2300 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 370000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 500000 |
Hardware
| NAND | MLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung Phoenix |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 600 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung SSD | Western Digital Black SN850X | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T2XHE | Lexar NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 4TB | 2TB | 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 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | MLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 600 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung SSD | 58.9 | 84.8 | 97.3 | 34.2 | 94.5 | 94.7 | 42.5 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.4 | 95.2 | 88.9 | 92.5 | 94.5 | 87.9 | 95.2 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 78.4 | 82.7 | 95.2 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 94 | 93.5 | 78.3 | 66.2 | 93.9 | 95.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T2XHE Compare | 88.4 | 95.2 | 93.5 | 92.5 | 0 | 80.6 | 95.2 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.3 | 92.5 | 0 | 74.7 | 57.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From $246
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Usage Scores
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