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ADATA Legend 860
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 6,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 640 TBW
66 Overall Score
Price CA$220
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong endurance (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong speed (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average social proof (12th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | SMI SM2264 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 640 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | ADATA Legend 860 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 640 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADATA Legend 860 | 76.7 | 61.3 | 87.3 | 54.9 | 81.1 | 12 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.6 | 95.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.7 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.6 | 95.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 89.2 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 99.5 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 93.7 | 95.4 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 98.9 | 95.4 |
Price
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