Patriot 512GB SSD PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (84th percentile) 84th
- Strong social proof (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 1700 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1100 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 260000 |
Hardware
| Controller | SMI 2263XT |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot 512GB SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 1,700 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,200 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1000 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot 512GB SSD | 44.4 | 45.3 | 14.6 | 34.2 | 57.3 | 77.4 | 84.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.6 | 98.8 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 38 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.9 | 96.3 | 98.9 | 54.9 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 57.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 Compare | 91.4 | 95.9 | 53.6 | 78.4 | 88 | 99.6 | 37.3 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 Compare | 97.1 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 54.9 | 92.3 | 86.8 | 25.4 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 77.4 | 26.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From CA$115
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Usage Scores
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