printerready 256GB SSD PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

printerready 256GB SSD PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

printerready
36 Overall Score
vs
Seagate FireCuda 540 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Seagate FireCuda 540 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Seagate
73 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
printerready
35
Seagate
72
Laptop
printerready
40
Seagate
71
Gaming
printerready
31
Seagate
69
Console
printerready
15
Seagate
64
Budget
printerready
35
Seagate
54
Portable
printerready
9
Seagate
17

Specifications

printerready 256GB SSDSeagate FireCuda 540
Drive
Capacity
256
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation35★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
2,000
9,500
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
8,500
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,500,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✗
Controller—E26
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,000
MTBF (hours)No data
1,800,000
Warranty (years)—5★
Features
Heatsink—✗

Pros & Cons

printerready 256GB SSD PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average capacity (18th percentile)18th %ile

Seagate FireCuda 540 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong endurance (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong speed (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (72nd percentile)
  • Below average social proof (2nd percentile)2nd %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Seagate FireCuda 540

Scores 73 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 17 specs.

Seagate FireCuda 540 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation