Samsung has taken a long time to develop its first real 5.0 SSD. A lot of effort must have gone into the development of the controller, because as usual, the Koreans solder the 9100 together from their own components: Flash memory, DRAM and controller come from Samsung itself. The 9100 Pro is at the top of all 5.0 SSDs, at least in the synthetic benchmarks...

It has taken a long time for Samsung to finally bring PCI Express 5.0 SSDs onto the market. But now with a bang: The 9100 Pro is now number 1 in the best list, with the model with heatsink right behind it due to its higher sales price. In contrast, the PNY CS2150 is at the bottom of the list.