Samsung returns to form
The first Gen5 SSD from Samsung has arrived, with the 9100 PRO offering performance that could just make it the fastest available NVMe drive. And by fastest, we mean an advertised up to 14,800 MB/s in peak sequential reads (if you get the 4TB model), with an impressive 13,400 MB/s sequential write capability.
“The 9100 PRO SSD boasts lightning-fast PCIe 5.0, enabling the drive to achieve up to 14,800/13,400 MB/s sequential read/write speeds – moving data twice as fast as the previous generation. Plus, with random read/write speeds of up to 2,200K/2,600K IOPS, you can tackle massive files or access your favorite games and apps faster than ever before.”
Of course, straight line speeds – aided by the latest generation of motherboard PCI-E M.2 connectivity – aren’t everything, and while the new 9100 PRO may offer 2x faster sequential speeds, there may be some impressive random performance as well (but we need to see some benchmark results).
Before moving on, this wouldn’t be a storage review without (Allyn?) a look at some specs, so here those are: