New
Team Group SSD
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 520 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 200 TBW
43 Overall Score
Price CA$66
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong social proof (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average speed (17th percentile)
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
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) | 520 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Team Group SSD | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 SHPP41-2000GM-2 | ADATA XPG BLADE SMAR-980B-1TCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | 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 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 520 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 740 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Group SSD | 16.7 | 22 | 52.7 | 17.4 | 86.7 | 79 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.8 | 96.2 | 99 | 54.9 | 82.6 | 95.5 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 71.6 | 90 | 78.4 | 78.3 | 82.6 | 99.5 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 86.4 | 95.1 | 78.4 | 54.9 | 87.5 | 95.5 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 SHPP41-2000GM-2 Compare | 83.2 | 96.6 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 85.6 | 50 |
| ADATA XPG BLADE SMAR-980B-1TCS Compare | 96.8 | 98 | 97.5 | 54.9 | 81.3 | 0 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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