Model: Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe Solid State Drive
Manufacturer: Samsung Electronics
Provided By: Samsung America
Samsung Electronics has been a leader in the electronics industry for more than 30 years. Since the introduction of their first television in 1970, this Korean company has grown to become one of the world's leading electronics manufacturers, offering everything from tiny semiconductors to large home appliances. Samsung is no stranger to the storage industry either. Along with an assortment of DVD and Blu-ray Disc drives, the company offers both hard drive and flash based storage solutions for the portable and desktop computer markets.
Samsung recently introduced its first high-performance PCIe 5.0 SSD, the 9100 PRO. Designed for enthusiasts, gamers and AI-driven creators, this M.2 form factor drive is powered by Samsung's advanced 5nm "Presto" controller and is available with up to 8TB of their latest 8th generation V-NAND flash. The 9100 PRO is also available with or without a heatsink and is equipped with an ultra-fast PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe 2.0 interface to deliver twice the performance and 49% greater power efficiency than the 990 PRO. To top it all off, the drive offers a long list of features including Samsung's Intelligent TurboWrite 2.0 technology, hardware-based encryption and support for the company's Magician software.
The 9100 PRO is available in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB (coming in second half of 2025) capacities. For this review, Samsung sent us the 2TB version of the drive, which is capable of delivering up to 14,700 MB/s sequential read and 13,400 MB/s sequential write speeds as well as up to 1,850K random read and 2,600K random write IOPS.
Needless to say, this is only a taste of what the 9100 PRO has to offer. To give you an idea of what to expect, we'll take a closer look at Samsung's new PCIe 5.0 SSD and then see how well it performs. Does the 9100 PRO have what it takes? Can it deliver the performance and features that we've come to expect from Samsung? Keep reading as we find out.
