Samsung 9100 Pro 2TB Gen 5 SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Samsung 9100 Pro 2TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. 128KB Sequential Performance8. 4K Random Read v QD Performance9. 4K Random Write v QD Performance10. 4K 70/30 Mixed Performance11. 4K Random Performance QD1-QD812. Throughput13. PCMark 10 Full System Drive Benchmark14. 3DMark Storage Benchmark 15. Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Official Benchmark16. Temperatures17. Real Life File Testing18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

We used CrystalDiskMark 8’s custom settings to test the 4K 70/30 mixed read/write performance of the drive through a range of queue depths using a single thread and four threads.

In our 4K 70/30 read/write tests the SSD 9100 Pro peaked at the QD16 mark using both single and four threads, before the performance began to level off.

Using a single thread the drive accelerates from 28,971 IOPS (118.66MB/s) at QD1 up to 173,141 IOPS (709.18MB/s) at QD8. From this point, the rate of performance begins to slow, finishing the test run at 179,548 IOPS (735.42MB/s) at QD32.

Switching over to four threads the drive climbs from 117,868 IOPS (482.78MB/s) up to 480,141 IOPS (1,966.66MB/s) at QD8. The drive peaks at QD16 (491,839 IOPS, 2,014.57MB/s) but the rate of acceleration has slowed down. The drive finishes the test run at QD32 with the performance dropping back to 488,478 IOPS (2,000.81MB/s).

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