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Lexar NM1090 PRO 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 5.0 x4
Read Speed 14,000 MB/s
NAND SLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 700 TBW
77 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong feature (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong speed (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong endurance (75th percentile) 75th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 14000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 10000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1650000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1800000 |
Hardware
| NAND | SLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 700 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lexar NM1090 PRO | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T2XHE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 |
| Seq Read | 14,000 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | SLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 700 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexar NM1090 PRO | 96.8 | 97.9 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 75 | 45.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.5 | 88 | 10.7 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.5 | 93.4 | 6.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.8 | 78.3 | 82.9 | 19.9 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T2XHE Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 93.6 | 92.5 | 80.9 | 8.9 |
Price
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