PNY CS2241 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

PNY CS2241 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

PNY
65 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
94 Overall Score

Scores

Console
PNY
38
Western Digital
95
Gaming
PNY
49
Western Digital
95
Workstation
PNY
59
Western Digital
94
Budget
PNY
88
Western Digital
81
Laptop
PNY
65
Western Digital
81
Portable
PNY
15
Western Digital
25

Specifications

PNY CS2241Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X
Drive
Capacity
500
4,000
Form FactorM.2M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
4,700
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,700
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,500
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✗✓★

Pros & Cons

PNY CS2241 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

  • Strong endurance (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong affordability (72nd percentile)
  • Below average capacity (27th percentile)

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (9th percentile)9th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 94 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 16 specs.

PNY CS2241 Better at:

Budget

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation