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Ritek A801 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
52 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong speed (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2700 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Ritek A801 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,000 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ritek A801 | 65.5 | 61.5 | 53.7 | 26.4 | 57.4 | 37.9 | 78 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.6 | 98.8 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 99.5 | 37.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91 | 96.3 | 98.9 | 54.9 | 82.9 | 95 | 57.5 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 Compare | 91.5 | 96 | 53.7 | 78.4 | 88 | 99.5 | 37.2 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 77.3 | 26.6 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.8 | 80.8 | 93.6 | 54.9 | 98.7 | 95 | 44.2 |
Price
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