Samsung has just launched its highest capacity 9100 PRO Gen5 SSD, with an astonishing 8 TB storage space, for $999 US.
Samsung Brings Massive 8 TB Capacities To Its Fastest Gen5 SSD, The 9100 PRO, Pricing Starts at $999
Press Release: Samsung Electronics’ 9100 PRO is the newest addition to the company’s lineup of consumer SSD products. With its PCIe 5.0 interface, the 9100 PRO offers advanced performance and seamless multitasking productivity, along with broad compatibility across laptops, gaming PCs, and game consoles. Now available in up to 8TB capacity, it delivers even greater storage and high-speed performance for today’s data-intensive applications and next-gen gaming experiences.
Expansion of SSD 9100 PRO Line-up With Two New 8TB Models for High-Performance Users
Samsung has unveiled two new 8TB additions to its high-performance SSD 9100 PRO series: the 9100 PRO 8TB and the 9100 PRO 8TB with Heatsink, designed to deliver improved thermal efficiency and sustained peak performance.
These new models follow the earlier launch of the 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB versions in March and mark a significant step forward in offering the highest capacity PCIe SSD released to date by Samsung, providing ultra-high-capacity options for gamers, content creators, and professionals demanding top-tier speed and reliability.
The 8TB variants offer exceptional performance, with sequential read speeds reaching up to 14,800 MB/s and write speeds up to 13,400 MB/s. They also provide outstanding random read and write speeds – up to 2,200K IOPS and 2,600K IOPS, respectively – making them ideal for intensive workloads.
Improved Performance and Increased Capacity
- A new 8TB storage option offers expanded capacity for large game libraries. With this 8TB SSD, users can install about 80 popular PC games, based on an average game size of 90.6GB – calculated using the top 11 titles from Steam’s “Best of 2024: New Releases list."
- Features the PCIe 5.0 interface, offering double the speed of the previous PCIe 4.0 generation
- Achieves sequential read speeds of up to 14,800 MB/s and write speeds up to 13,400 MB/s, delivering a performance boost of up to 99% over its predecessor, the 990 PRO *9100 PRO 4TB’s sequential read speed is 14,800MB/s, while the 990 PRO 4TB’s sequential read is 7,450MB/s
- Enhanced random read and write performance with speeds of up to 2,200K IOPS and 2,600K IOPS,
respectively - Power efficiency improved by 49% compared to its previous model, thanks to advanced heat
management solution
Enhanced Overheating Protection, Expanded Storage, and Broad Device Compatibility
- 1 terabyte (TB), 2TB, and 4TB models are integrated with 8.8mmT heatsink, ensuring improved
thermal control and preventing overheating. Also complies with the PCI-SIG D8 standard. - Even as a high-capacity 8TB PCIe 5.0 model, its 11.25 mm T heatsink is specially designed to ensure compatibility with the PlayStation 5 series.
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- The 9100 PRO is compatible with a wide range of devices, from laptops and desktop PCs to gaming
consoles, making it an ideal choice for seamless upgrades in both performance and capacity. The 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB models are currently available for purchase at Samsung.com and other retailers, and the 8TB model will be available from mid-September. The manufacturer’s suggested retail prices
(MSRPs) for the 8TB model is $999, with the M.2 model and $1019 M.2 with a heatsink model, respectively.
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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