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Patriot Burst Elite 480GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 480GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 450 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 400 TBW
37 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong social proof (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average speed (3rd percentile)
- Below average random (8th percentile)
- Below average capacity (23rd 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
78/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 480 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 450 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 320 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 40000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 40000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 400 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot Burst Elite | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 450 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 | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot Burst Elite | 3.1 | 7.5 | 53.4 | 22.9 | 43.5 | 90.8 | 68.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.5 | 94.6 | 88 | 95.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.8 | 99.6 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.4 | 92.5 | 28.2 | 93.4 | 86.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 82.8 | 95.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.1 | 94.6 | 80.7 | 45.2 |
Usage Scores
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