Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Team Group
90 Overall Score
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Samsung PM981a 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280
Samsung
41 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
No customer feedback yet
Samsung PM981a 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280
68 out of 100 low confidence 5 reviews
The SSD performs well, with speeds comparable to the Samsung 970 Evo Plus and even better write IOPS than the 970 Pro, making it a good value for the price. However, several buyers received used drives with leftover partitions, BitLocker, or preloaded Windows, which caused capacity issues and forced returns. Overall, performance is praised, but the risk of receiving a used unit is a major drawback.
Pros
- Fast read/write speeds
- Good value for price
- Better write IOPS than 970 Pro
- Samsung controller and 3D TLC
Cons
- Received used drives
- Leftover partitions and BitLocker
- Capacity shows less than advertised
- S.M.A.R.T. not read correctly by Magician
Performance 3
Used product 2
Capacity 1
Value for money 1
Software compatibility 1
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Specifications
| Team Group 4TB SSD | Samsung PM981a | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 | 4 |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | ||
| Random Write (IOPS) | ||
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | SLC★ | — |
| DRAM Cache | ✗ | — |
| Controller | Maxio | Phoenix |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | No data | |
| MTBF (hours) | No data | |
| Warranty (years) | 3★ | — |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✗ | — |
| Hardware Encryption | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong speed (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong random (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
- Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile
Samsung PM981a 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong random (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Strong affordability (67th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
- Below average user sentiment (20th percentile)20th %ile
- Below average social proof (23rd percentile)
- Below average feature (34th percentile)
Pricing
Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Samsung PM981a 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 2280
No current pricing available
Verdict
Winner: Team Group 4TB SSD
Scores 90 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 18 specs.
