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Crucial SSD
The Phison E25 controller and TLC NAND deliver 7400 MB/s reads and 7000 MB/s writes, with 1440K random write IOPS for heavy multitasking. The 2TB capacity and included one-month Adobe Creative Cloud subscription make it a practical choice for creative workloads. Best for gamers and content creators who need fast Gen4 storage for large projects and DirectStorage titles.
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 7,400 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 1200 TBW
93 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong feature (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong random (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong speed (94th percentile) 94th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 7400 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 7000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1180000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1440000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Phison E25 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1200 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial SSD | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Seagate FireCuda 530R | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 7,400 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | false | false |
| Endurance | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial SSD | 93.5 | 96.2 | 99.1 | 78.5 | 83.1 | 99.7 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.9 | 99.7 | 99.8 | 98.2 | 86.2 | 96.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 93.7 | 92.8 | 81.2 | 96.4 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.5 | 93.3 | 93.7 | 78.5 | 94 | 96.4 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.1 | 96.1 | 53.3 | 92.8 | 95.7 | 90.3 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 Compare | 98.7 | 99 | 88.7 | 98.2 | 88.1 | 52.2 |
Usage Scores
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