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SanDisk 500GB SSD NVMe
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 6,800 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 300 TBW
72 Overall Score
Price €137
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong endurance (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong speed (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong user sentiment (80th percentile) 80th
Cons
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6800 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5800 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 760000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1200000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 300 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | SanDisk 500GB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU | Western Digital BLACK SN850X | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,800 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1480 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanDisk 500GB SSD | 80.5 | 93.8 | 53.5 | 26.8 | 79.8 | 88 | 50.4 | 72 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 79.8 | 85.9 | 95.3 | 22.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 79.8 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 19.4 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 78.4 | 0 | 91 | 52.1 | 25.4 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 53.5 | 78.4 | 94.8 | 82.9 | 99.6 | 22.8 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.8 | 90.5 | 93.9 | 78.4 | 79.8 | 77.5 | 77.5 | 29.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall71.8
- Budget85.2
- Gaming52.9
- Laptop67.7
- Console50
- Portable15.1
- Workstation63.3
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