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Patriot P220 SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
Endurance 960 TBW
52 Overall Score
Price £35
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong affordability (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong user sentiment (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average speed (28th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 50000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 50000 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 960 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot P220 | Crucial P5 Plus CT1000P5PSSD8 | Team Group MP44L | SanDisk Optimus SDSP51500GAN | PNY CS2241 M280CS2241-500-RB | Looffy P2 CT1000P2SSD8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 500GB | 500GB | 500GB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 6,600 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 4,700 MB/s | 2,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | QLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | false | false | false | false | false |
| Endurance | 960 TBW | 600 TBW | 160 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1500 TBW | 300 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot P220 | 28.3 | 37.7 | 14.7 | 17.9 | 95 | 99.1 | 87.2 | 96.7 |
| Crucial P5 Plus CT1000P5PSSD8 Compare | 79 | 89.1 | 78.8 | 55.6 | 0 | 89.1 | 95.4 | 50.9 |
| Team Group MP44L Compare | 71.3 | 86.7 | 78.8 | 27 | 95 | 69.2 | 87.2 | 74 |
| SanDisk Optimus SDSP51500GAN Compare | 87.1 | 92.2 | 14.7 | 27 | 0 | 98.5 | 87.2 | 76 |
| PNY CS2241 M280CS2241-500-RB Compare | 64.6 | 61.9 | 53.6 | 27 | 0 | 98.8 | 87.2 | 73.3 |
| Looffy P2 CT1000P2SSD8 Compare | 54.3 | 61.9 | 53.6 | 55.6 | 0 | 75.2 | 77.4 | 53 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall52.1
- Budget92.4
- Gaming27.2
- Laptop41.5
- Console12.5
- Portable9.9
- Workstation41.4
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