New On sale 11%
SanDisk 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,100 MB/s
NAND QLC
Endurance 1200 TBW
71 Overall Score
Price CA$155
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong random (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong speed (87th percentile) 87th
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7100 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6700 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 660000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1100000 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | SanDisk 500GB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | Western Digital BLACK SN850X | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,100 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 3000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanDisk 500GB SSD | 87 | 92.1 | 14.7 | 26.7 | 98.4 | 87.1 | 73 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 95.3 | 20.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 83 | 95.3 | 19.5 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.6 | 78.5 | 91.2 | 51.8 | 24 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.6 | 53.6 | 78.5 | 83 | 99.6 | 22.8 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.3 | 98.7 | 95.3 | 43.5 |
Price
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Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall70.7
- Budget92.1
- Gaming52.2
- Laptop71.7
- Console51.5
- Portable16.7
- Workstation55.3
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