New
Timetec Premium SSD
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
39 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong user sentiment (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong social proof (80th percentile) 80th
Cons
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average speed (28th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
92/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| 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
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Timetec Premium SSD | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | Corsair MP600 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 500GB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | - | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 640 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timetec Premium SSD | 27.5 | 21.8 | 53.3 | 17.1 | 94.9 | 47.9 | 79.7 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.5 | 96.1 | 99 | 54.6 | 0 | 83 | 95.6 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 82.5 | 96.4 | 93.8 | 78.4 | 0 | 86 | 50.6 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 75.9 | 60.6 | 53.3 | 78.4 | 78.6 | 68.7 | 88.5 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 91.1 | 95.7 | 53.3 | 25.9 | 78.6 | 87.9 | 45.2 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 82.5 | 60.6 | 53.3 | 54.6 | 0 | 93.7 | 95.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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