New
PNY 500GB SSD SATA III
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 200 TBW
46 Overall Score
Price CA$125
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong social proof (77th percentile) 77th
- Strong endurance (74th percentile) 74th
Cons
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
- Below average speed (28th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY 500GB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1480 TBW | 3000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY 500GB SSD | 28.3 | 22.7 | 53.5 | 26.9 | 73.6 | 77.4 | 82.8 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.6 | 86 | 95.4 | 23.2 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.6 | 83 | 95.4 | 19.7 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.2 | 98.6 | 97.5 | 78.6 | 91.2 | 52 | 24.2 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.8 | 90.5 | 94 | 78.6 | 77.8 | 77.4 | 29.8 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.1 | 94 | 55.5 | 98.8 | 95.4 | 43.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall46.3
- Budget86.7
- Gaming28.4
- Laptop42.6
- Console14.1
- Portable10.9
- Workstation40.6
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