PNY CS2241 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

PNY CS2241 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

PNY
64 Overall Score
vs
394HB 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

394HB 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

394HB
82 Overall Score

Scores

Budget
PNY
88
394HB
71
Laptop
PNY
65
394HB
86
Gaming
PNY
49
394HB
82
Console
PNY
38
394HB
80
Workstation
PNY
59
394HB
75
Portable
PNY
15
394HB
23

Specifications

PNY CS2241394HB 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
500
4,000
Form FactorM.2M.2
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
4,700
7,400
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,700
6,800
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,300,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✗
Controller—E18
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,500
50
MTBF (hours)No data
1,800,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✗✗

Pros & Cons

PNY CS2241 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

  • Strong endurance (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong affordability (72nd percentile)
  • Below average capacity (27th percentile)

394HB 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2

  • Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong speed (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong social proof (78th percentile)
  • Below average affordability (7th percentile)7th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: 394HB 4TB SSD

Scores 82 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 6 of 17 specs.

PNY CS2241 Better at:

Budget

394HB 4TB SSD Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation