New
Water Panther 32TB SSD PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe U.2
Capacity 32TB
Form Factor U.2
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
DRAM Cache Yes
55 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong random (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong feature (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average social proof (24th percentile)
- Below average affordability (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 32000 |
| Form Factor | U.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 2 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Water Panther 32TB SSD | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 32TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | U.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Panther 32TB SSD | 51.7 | 80.8 | 70.3 | 87.4 | 42.1 | 23.6 | 24.8 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.6 | 88 | 95.2 | 11.5 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.2 | 85.9 | 95.2 | 1.8 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.6 | 93.4 | 86.8 | 6.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 20.1 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.2 | 80.7 | 45.2 | 3.4 |
Usage Scores
A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.
