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Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 7,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 400 TBW
56 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (84th percentile) 84th
- Strong speed (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong affordability (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average social proof (6th percentile)
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 400 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot Viper VP4300 Lite | 77.6 | 61.4 | 53.6 | 26.4 | 84.4 | 5.6 | 70.6 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.6 | 88 | 95.2 | 11.5 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.2 | 85.9 | 95.2 | 1.8 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.6 | 93.4 | 86.8 | 6.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 20.1 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.2 | 80.7 | 45.2 | 3.4 |
Usage Scores
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