S SHARKSPEED 256GB SSD SATA III M.2 2242

S SHARKSPEED 256GB SSD SATA III M.2 2242

S SHARKSPEED
36 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

SanDisk
97 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
S SHARKSPEED
35
SanDisk
97
Gaming
S SHARKSPEED
22
SanDisk
94
Console
S SHARKSPEED
11
SanDisk
94
Budget
S SHARKSPEED
75
SanDisk
71
Laptop
S SHARKSPEED
38
SanDisk
73
Portable
S SHARKSPEED
8
SanDisk
26

Specifications

S SHARKSPEED 256GB SSDSanDisk 8TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
256
8,000
Form FactorM.2 2242M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
550
7,200
Sequential Write (MB/s)
500
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
4,800
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✗✓★

Pros & Cons

S SHARKSPEED 256GB SSD SATA III M.2 2242

  • Strong affordability (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Below average capacity (18th percentile)18th %ile
  • Below average random (23rd percentile)
  • Below average speed (28th percentile)

SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (4th percentile)4th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 8TB SSD

Scores 97 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 16 specs.

S SHARKSPEED 256GB SSD Better at:

Budget

SanDisk 8TB SSD Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation