Patriot P300 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong affordability (82nd percentile) 82nd
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (20th percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 1700 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1200 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 290000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 260000 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | SMI 2263XT |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot P300 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 1,700 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot P300 | 44.6 | 82.9 | 14.6 | 34.2 | 19.9 | 51.1 | 48.7 | 82 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.9 | 99.5 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.5 | 94.4 | 88 | 95 | 11.3 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.5 | 28.6 | 93.4 | 86.8 | 6.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 78.6 | 82.9 | 95 | 19.9 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.1 | 94.4 | 80.9 | 45.4 | 3.3 |
Usage Scores
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