New On sale 6%
Samsung 256GB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
NAND TLC
47 Overall Score
Price CA$162
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (35th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 256GB SSD | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU | Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 | SK Hynix Platinum P51 SKH-P51-2TB | Western Digital BLACK SN850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 256GB SSD | 52.4 | 61.9 | 53.6 | 34.8 | 14.8 | 71.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.6 | 83 | 19.5 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.2 | 98.6 | 97.5 | 78.6 | 91.1 | 24.5 |
| Team Group MP44 TM8FPW004T0C101 Compare | 93.6 | 88.8 | 78.8 | 92.6 | 77.2 | 16.5 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P51 SKH-P51-2TB Compare | 99 | 99.6 | 91 | 78.6 | 89.1 | 17.3 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 53.6 | 78.6 | 83 | 22.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$162
Amazon 1 offer From CA$162
Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall46.9
- Budget78.7
- Gaming38
- Laptop51.8
- Console19
- Portable11.3
- Workstation41.1
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