PNY CS900 250GB SATA III 2.5"

PNY CS900 250GB SATA III 2.5"

PNY
42 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
92 Overall Score

Scores

Console
PNY
13
SanDisk
93
Gaming
PNY
26
SanDisk
93
Workstation
PNY
40
SanDisk
92
Budget
PNY
87
SanDisk
79
Laptop
PNY
39
SanDisk
80
Portable
PNY
10
SanDisk
25

Specifications

PNY CS900SanDisk 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
250
4,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
535
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
500
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
100
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)33
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✗—

Pros & Cons

PNY CS900 250GB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong affordability (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong endurance (70th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (13th percentile)13th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average speed (24th percentile)

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (9th percentile)9th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 4TB SSD

Scores 92 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 17 specs.

PNY CS900 Better at:

Budget

SanDisk 4TB SSD Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation