New Price drop 7%
Timetec 3 SATA III
Capacity 128GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 100 TBW
34 Overall Score
Price £55
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong endurance (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average capacity (7th percentile)
- Below average social proof (18th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
- Below average speed (28th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 128 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 100 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Timetec 3 | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 | Micron P5 Plus CT2000P5PSSD8 | PNY XLR8 M280CS3150XHS-1TB-RB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 128GB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 | M.2 | M.2 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 6,600 MB/s | 11,500 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | - | true | true |
| Endurance | 100 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 640 TBW | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timetec 3 | 28.3 | 22.7 | 53.6 | 7.1 | 71.9 | 18.1 | 88.8 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.5 | 83 | 95.4 | 51.5 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 84.1 | 97 | 94 | 78.6 | 86 | 46 | 59.1 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 77.8 | 61.9 | 53.6 | 78.6 | 69.9 | 87.1 | 22.7 |
| Micron P5 Plus CT2000P5PSSD8 Compare | 79 | 81.1 | 98.9 | 78.6 | 14.8 | 95.4 | 32.4 |
| PNY XLR8 M280CS3150XHS-1TB-RB Compare | 95.8 | 81.1 | 97.5 | 55.5 | 64.4 | 43.2 | 54.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall33.5
- Budget54.4
- Gaming19.1
- Laptop21.1
- Console8.6
- Portable6.4
- Workstation34.1
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