Samsung's 9100 Pro, Its First Pcie 5.0 Ssd and, as Always, Fashionably Late to the Party
The 9100 Pro doubles speeds over the 990 Pro, hitting 14,800MB/s, making it a step up from Samsung’s previous 990 Pro SSD nearly doubling speeds thanks to the PCIe 5.0 interface. The drive offers sequential read and write speeds of up to 14,800MB/s and 13,400MB/s, respectively, while also improving random read and write speeds to 2,200K IOPS and 2,600K IOPS. This performance boost puts it ahead of previous Samsung SSDs but brings it more in line with what competitors have been offering for some time.
- The tardy arrival of this new technology underscores the industry's expectation for speed, where consumers' needs are increasingly driven by creative and high-performance applications.
- Will the 9100 Pro's significant performance upgrades make a meaningful dent in the market share of slower, but still capable, SSDs currently on offer from established brands?