New Price drop 15%
Samsung 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 4TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 7,450 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 2400 TBW
98 Overall Score
Price CA$1,280
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong speed (94th percentile) 94th
Cons
- Below average affordability (7th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has improved over time
Based on 26 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 4000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7450 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6900 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1600000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1550000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Samsung |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 2400 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 4TB SSD | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T710 | Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | false | false | true |
| Endurance | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 4TB SSD | 93.7 | 97.8 | 94 | 92.5 | 85.7 | 95.3 | 6.9 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 89.3 | 92.5 | 87.9 | 95.3 | 9.8 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.5 | 99 | 90.9 | 92.5 | 93.4 | 87.1 | 6.8 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 85.5 | 92.5 | 85.7 | 77.4 | 11.2 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 Compare | 92.8 | 96.8 | 78.4 | 92.5 | 95.5 | 77.4 | 7.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98 | 80.6 | 45.1 | 3.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$1,280
Amazon 1 offer From CA$1,280
Best Buy 1 offer From CA$1,500
Memory Express 1 offer From CA$1,555
Price History
New Kit
Usage Scores
- Overall97.8
- Budget83.2
- Gaming97.4
- Laptop99.9
- Console93.4
- Portable25.2
- Workstation96.5
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