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Water Panther SSD
Capacity 7.68TB
Form Factor U.2
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
DRAM Cache Yes
61 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong random (80th percentile) 80th
- Strong feature (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average social proof (33rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 7680 |
| Form Factor | U.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 2 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Water Panther SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston Fury Renegade 4TB PCIe Gen 4.0 | Crucial T500 CT2000T500SSD8 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 7.68TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | U.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Panther SSD | 50.3 | 79.8 | 70.3 | 97.4 | 41.4 | 33.4 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.9 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 98.2 | 86 | 96.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 93.7 | 92.9 | 80.9 | 96.3 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade 4TB PCIe Gen 4.0 Compare | 92.6 | 93.4 | 93.7 | 92.9 | 94.1 | 96.3 |
| Crucial T500 CT2000T500SSD8 Compare | 93.6 | 96.3 | 99 | 78.6 | 83 | 96.3 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.2 | 96.2 | 53.4 | 92.9 | 95.7 | 90.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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