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Printer Ready Corporation Portable SSD PCIe 3.0 x4
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor External
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
40 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (95th percentile) 95th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | External |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | Yes |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Printer Ready Corporation Portable SSD | Crucial T500 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Corsair MP700 Elite | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital Black SN850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | External | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Printer Ready Corporation Portable SSD | 47.4 | 61.7 | 53.5 | 17.7 | 14.6 | 95.2 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.4 | 96.7 | 99 | 55.3 | 83 | 56.3 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.1 | 94 | 55.3 | 98.7 | 43.5 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.1 | 97 | 85.9 | 55.3 | 87.4 | 43.5 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.5 | 90.5 | 78.9 | 78.4 | 83 | 55.5 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 85.8 | 93.2 | 89.4 | 55.3 | 88.2 | 45 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 10, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall40.3
- Budget82.6
- Gaming22.9
- Laptop19.1
- Console13.6
- Portable52.1
- Workstation37.6
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