This is the fastest 8TB SSD in the world
When Samsung announced their new 9100 PRO lineup back in February we were eager to get our hands on the company’s first PCIe 5.0 SSD, and we were not disappointed. The 2TB model achieved our highest ever scores in many categories, eclipsing Crucial as the fastest overall Gen 5 drive on the market. But there was one more thing coming from Samsung, and that is today’s 8TB offering.
With a potent in-house controller design and a massive 8GB of LPDDR4X to go along with the 8TB of Samsung’s 8th-generation TLC V NAND, the latest 9100 PRO SSD should be a very impressive product. And, really, it stands alone as Crucial’s T710 (a close runner-up in overall performance) is not available in an 8TB model.
Here’s a look back at the spec sheet from the original 9100 PRO series announcement:
