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fanxiang S500 Pro
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 200 TBW
53 Overall Score
Price CA$80
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (84th percentile) 84th
- Strong social proof (84th percentile) 84th
Cons
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | fanxiang S500 Pro | Crucial T500 | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 990 EVO Plus MZ-V9S1T0B/AM | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,150 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | true | false |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fanxiang S500 Pro | 54.3 | 60.3 | 53.1 | 17.2 | 56.2 | 84.1 | 83.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.2 | 95.9 | 98.9 | 54.6 | 94.3 | 83 | 96.6 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 84.2 | 91.9 | 93.6 | 54.6 | 0 | 88 | 96.6 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Plus MZ-V9S1T0B/AM Compare | 82.7 | 94 | 78.5 | 54.6 | 0 | 86 | 96.6 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 82 | 96.3 | 93.6 | 78.5 | 0 | 86 | 58.8 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X Compare | 84.2 | 91.9 | 78.5 | 54.6 | 94.3 | 88 | 48.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From CA$80
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