Question Best random read & writes on M2 SSD? Solidigm SSD P44 Pro? Other options?

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My brain hurts after reading/watching so many M2 SSD drives reviews. I'm about to get an i7-13700k and a MSI Z90-Pro Wifi mobo. As for the M2 SSD, I was originally going to buy a Samsung 980 Pro SSD for around $110. Then I heard about the Solidigm SSD P44 Pro and it performs better, overall, than the 980 Pro. But for me, it's all about the random read/write performance.

I was wondering how these two drives might compare to other PCIE 4.0 M2 SSD drives? If you can provide any insight, that would be great. So far, Newegg has the P44 Pro 2TB for $159, which seems like a steal. But if there are 'better' drives out there with random read/write performance it would be good to know. (Also, is still has to have high sustained read/write #'s.)