A product resembling Samsung's SSD design and named 1080 Pro claims to offer extraordinary performance with read and write speeds reaching up to 15.8 GB/s and 14.5 GB/s, respectively. Marketed at the price of approximately $43.68 USD, such specifications and costs suggest implausibility, given the technological capabilities of even the most advanced PCIe 5.0 drives, which do not approach these speeds. Quasarzone's testing reveals that the performance of the 1080 Pro is significantly inferior, at times even lower than that of a basic USB 2.0 flash drive. Analysis indicates that this SSD, advertised on platforms like AliExpress, falsely promises PCIe 4.0 compatibility and is likely a counterfeit designed to exploit the market presence of genuine Samsung products.

The internal components of the 1080 Pro, including a single NAND chip marked with a non-existent serial number, further substantiate its counterfeit nature. Benchmarks demonstrate that the 1080 Pro's performance is substantially below that of authentic SSDs like the Samsung 980 Pro. For instance, in various tests, the 1080 Pro's performance metrics are drastically lower, taking significantly longer times to process and transfer data.

Consumers should be cautious, as this product is just one instance in a growing trend of fake SSDs, which often mimic the appearance and nomenclature of established models like Samsung's 980 or 990 Pro, to lure unsuspecting buyers. The presence of such deceptive products on the market underlines the importance of purchasing from reputable sources and verifying product authenticity through reliable benchmarks and specifications.

Source: tomshardware, quadarzone