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SamsungMZ-V8V1T0B
SamsungMZ-V9P2T0B(W|/AM)

Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Release date: Q4 2022.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 323,913 user samples
262,559 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 365% 212GB free (System drive)
Worst Bench: 149% 159GB free
Poor: 149% Great: 365%
SPEED RANK: 65th / 1080
61,354 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 587% 2TB free
Poor bench: 286% 2TB free (System drive)
Poor: 286% Great: 587%
SPEED RANK: 11th / 1080
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
251 % 449 % Much faster effective speed.
+79%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
1,664 MB/s 2,469 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+48%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
1,830 MB/s 3,845 MB/s Hugely faster write speed.
+110%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
58 MB/s 74.8 MB/s Faster random read.
+29%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
134 MB/s 192 MB/s Much faster random write.
+43%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
1,601 MB/s 2,911 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+82%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
71.2 MB/s 103 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+45%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
943 MB/s 2,955 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+213%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
1,811 MB/s 3,186 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+76%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
2,282 MB/s 4,847 MB/s Hugely faster peak write speed.
+112%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
66.1 MB/s 96.9 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+47%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
222 MB/s 317 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+43%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
1,929 MB/s 3,573 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+85%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
97.2 MB/s 146 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+50%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
2,112 MB/s 4,018 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+90%
Market Share
Based on 77,604,578 SSDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
1.36 % 1.82 % Much higher market share.
+34%
Value
Value For Money
114 % 198 % Much better value.
+74%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
52 % 66 % More popular.
+27%
Price
Price (score)
$75 Much cheaper.
+52%
$156
Age
Newest
44+ Months 24 Months Much more recent.
+45%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
1,935 MB/s 2,243 MB/s Faster peak deep queue read.
+16%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
1,597 MB/s 1,782 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+12%
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
5,377 Pts 6,703 Pts Stronger server IO.
+25%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
1,624 MB/s 1,991 MB/s Faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+23%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
1,293 MB/s 1,608 MB/s Faster deep queue read.
+24%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
965 MB/s 1,195 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+24%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
1,077 MB/s 1,398 MB/s Faster deep queue mixed IO.
+30%
Capacity
Capacity
1TB 2TB

Possibly the best SSD for gaming as you can disable low power states with Samsung's Magician software without having to worry about the thing overheating (it's maximum power draw is lower than other high-performance NVMe drives). [The switch between power states can cause the odd high access time that can cause frame skips in games. It can also make an NVMe SSD perform slower than a SATA one in some situations. This is not something generally picked up by SSD benchmarking software — they would have to report 1% or 0.1% maximum access time averages (just like a decent gaming benchmark would report 1% or 0.1% minimum frame rate averages) and they generally don't.] [Apr '22 scowi3]

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The Samsung 990 Pro has a strong consumer performance profile. It offers burst read speeds of 3 GB/s and burst write speeds of 5 GB/s. The 990 Pro also offers respectable out of cache performance. At current prices (1TB $120 USD, 2TB $165 USD and 4TB $320 USD) the Samsung 990 Pro offers worse value for money than the WD Black SN850X. Samsung’s superior SSD technology allowed them to dominate the consumer market since SSDs became mainstream in 2010. However, in today’s market, their technology no longer justifies a price premium. [Jun '24 SSDrivePro]

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