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fanxiang S501Q
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,200 MB/s
NAND QLC
Endurance 160 TBW
55 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (80th percentile) 80th
- Strong endurance (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- 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) | 3200 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1450 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | fanxiang S501Q | Crucial T500 | Samsung 990 PRO | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite | Western Digital BLACK SN850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,200 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | false |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fanxiang S501Q | 54.3 | 61 | 52.9 | 33.9 | 68.3 | 79.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.2 | 82.9 | 95.6 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 93.8 | 78.2 | 85.8 | 88.5 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.5 | 99.1 | 90.6 | 54.7 | 98.9 | 95.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.8 | 96.5 | 85.6 | 54.7 | 87.1 | 95.6 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 85.1 | 92.5 | 93.8 | 54.7 | 87.7 | 95.6 |
Price
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