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PNY 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,500 MB/s
50 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (75th percentile) 75th
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average social proof (27th percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4000 |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY 500GB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | Team Group MP44 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1400 TBW | 2000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY 500GB SSD | 74.9 | 61.7 | 14.7 | 26.7 | 57.3 | 26.6 | 60.8 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 99 | 78.5 | 86.1 | 95.4 | 20.7 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 95.4 | 19.7 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 93.2 | 94.4 | 94 | 78.5 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 16 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.6 | 78.5 | 91.2 | 51.9 | 24.1 |
| Team Group MP44 Compare | 93.5 | 88.7 | 53.8 | 92.6 | 77.1 | 87.2 | 15.4 |
Price
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