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fanxiang S501Q 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,500 MB/s
NAND QLC
Endurance 320 TBW
56 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (77th percentile) 77th
- Strong endurance (76th percentile) 76th
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has improved over time
72/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 14 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2500 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 320 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | fanxiang S501Q | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 320 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fanxiang S501Q | 59.7 | 61.4 | 14.5 | 54.9 | 28.8 | 75.8 | 77.4 | 63.7 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.6 | 94.5 | 88 | 95.2 | 11.3 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.2 | 0 | 85.9 | 95.2 | 1.8 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.6 | 28.8 | 93.5 | 86.9 | 6.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 78.7 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 20.1 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.2 | 94.5 | 80.8 | 45.3 | 3.3 |
Usage Scores
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