New Price drop 6%
Team Group 256GB SSD SATA III
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 520 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 80 TBW
42 Overall Score
Price €61
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong affordability (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong endurance (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average speed (16th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 520 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 430 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 80 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Team Group 256GB SSD | Crucial T500 | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 520 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | false | true | - |
| Endurance | 80 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 640 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Group 256GB SSD | 16 | 22.8 | 52.9 | 17.7 | 67.8 | 95.3 | 89.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.3 | 82.7 | 95.3 | 53.5 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.3 | 90.4 | 78.1 | 78.5 | 82.7 | 95.3 | 56.2 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 87 | 95.8 | 78.1 | 55.3 | 87.9 | 95.3 | 55.4 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 83.9 | 97 | 94 | 78.5 | 85.7 | 46.5 | 59.7 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 77.5 | 61.7 | 52.9 | 78.5 | 69.4 | 87.2 | 23.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall42
- Budget88.9
- Gaming25.6
- Laptop39.3
- Console12.6
- Portable9.7
- Workstation36.2
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