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Samsung 512GB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2242
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2242
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
NAND TLC
49 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (35th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2242 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 512GB SSD | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2242 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 512GB SSD | 68 | 61.7 | 53.7 | 34.8 | 14.7 | 62.2 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.2 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 94 | 9.1 |
| Micron T710 CT4000T710SSD5 Compare | 99 | 99.2 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 85.9 | 11 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 89 | 96.3 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 88 | 3.7 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 19.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.6 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 80.9 | 8.5 |
Usage Scores
- Overall48.9
- Budget73.2
- Gaming40.3
- Laptop52.9
- Console38.1
- Portable12.1
- Workstation43.3
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