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PNY XLR8 CS3150 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 5.0 x4
Read Speed 11,500 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
76 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong speed (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong random (81st percentile) 81st
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 11500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 8500 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1600000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY XLR8 CS3150 | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Lexar NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 11,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY XLR8 CS3150 | 95.5 | 80.7 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 64 | 43.7 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.4 | 95.2 | 88.9 | 92.5 | 87.9 | 95.2 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 85.8 | 95.2 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 82.7 | 95.2 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 94 | 93.5 | 78.3 | 93.9 | 95.2 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.3 | 92.5 | 74.7 | 57.1 |
Price
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