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Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB against WD Blue 4TB

Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB: 76

    WD Blue 4TB: 12

    64 ptsto the left

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB: 31.7

    WD Blue 4TB: 15.2

    109%to the left

  • Typical price

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB: $240

    WD Blue 4TB: $79

    $161to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Capacity

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB: 1000 GB

    WD Blue 4TB: 4000 GB

    300%to the right

  • Sequential read

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB: 7150 MB/s

    WD Blue 4TB: 180 MB/s

    3872%to the left

  • Sequential write

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB: 6300 MB/s

    WD Blue 4TB: 180 MB/s

    3400%to the left

The verdict

  • The Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB scores 533% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The WD Blue 4TB typically costs $161 less.
  • Per dollar, the Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB is the better buy: 31.7 points per $100 against 15.2.

Specifications

SpecSamsung 990 EVO Plus 1TBWD Blue 4TB
InterfaceNVMe PCIe 4.0Hard drive
Capacity1 TB4 TB (better)
Sequential read7,150 MB/s (better)180 MB/s
Sequential write6,300 MB/s (better)180 MB/s
DRAM cacheNoNo
BrandSamsungWestern Digital
Released2024 (better)2019
Typical price$240$79 (better)

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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