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Timetec Premium SSD 256GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,100 MB/s
NAND TLC
50 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong social proof (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
What owners think
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82/100Our AI sentiment read
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) | 2100 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1600 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Timetec Premium SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Crucial T710 | SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,100 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timetec Premium SSD | 48.3 | 61.7 | 53.5 | 17.8 | 58.3 | 63.6 | 77.4 | 91.9 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 0 | 86 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 88.9 | 96.4 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 0 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 4 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.2 | 94.3 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 0 | 94.2 | 95.3 | 9.3 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 85.7 | 92.5 | 0 | 86 | 77.4 | 10.9 |
| SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 88.9 | 95.7 | 89.3 | 92.5 | 0 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 9.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall50
- Budget85.9
- Gaming38.3
- Laptop50
- Console18.7
- Portable11.1
- Workstation44.2
A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.
