MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

MSI
83 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
92 Overall Score

Scores

Budget
MSI
73
SanDisk
94
Console
MSI
79
SanDisk
93
Gaming
MSI
83
SanDisk
93
Workstation
MSI
87
SanDisk
92
Laptop
MSI
82
SanDisk
80
Portable
MSI
22
SanDisk
25

Specifications

MSI SPATIUM M480 PROSanDisk 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
4,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,400
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
7,000
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerPHISON E18—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
3,300
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong speed (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong endurance (92nd percentile)92nd %ile

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 4TB SSD

Scores 92 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 4 of 18 specs.

MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Better at:

Laptop

SanDisk 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation