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Patriot P300 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

★★★★★ 4.5 (58)
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 1,700 MB/s
Endurance 160 TBW
Patriot P300 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 ssd
38 Overall Score

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Snapshot

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong random (83rd percentile) 83rd
  • Strong affordability (82nd percentile) 82nd

Cons

  • Below average feature (15th percentile)
  • Below average user sentiment (20th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (34th percentile)

What owners think

How owner sentiment changed over time

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Based on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.

Owner sentiment has held steady over time
68/100Our AI sentiment readmedium confidence · 11 sources · Nov 2026
1★2★3★4★5★Q3 '20: 4.5★ · 2 reviewsQ1 '26: 5.0★ · 1 reviewQ3 '26: 4.2★ · 5 reviews215Q3 '20Q1 '26Q3 '26
Avg ratingHappy (4-5★)Unhappy (1-2★)Bar height = number of reviews

Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

Speed 44.6
Random 82.9
Feature 14.6
Capacity 34.2
User Sentiment 19.8
Endurance 51.1
Social Proof 48.6
Affordability 82

Specifications

Full Specifications

Drive

Capacity 512
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Protocol NVMe
PCIe Generation 3
External No

Performance

Sequential Read (MB/s) 1700
Sequential Write (MB/s) 1200
Random Read (IOPS) 290000
Random Write (IOPS) 260000

Hardware

DRAM Cache No
Controller SMI 2263XT

Reliability

Endurance (TBW) 160

Features

Heatsink No
Hardware Encryption No

vs Competition

Spec Patriot P300 Samsung 9100 PRO Western Digital Black SN850X Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Crucial T500 SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE
Capacity 512GB 4TB 4TB 4TB 2TB 8TB
Form Factor M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280 M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 5.0 PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0
Seq Read 1,700 MB/s 14,800 MB/s 7,300 MB/s 14,800 MB/s 7,400 MB/s 7,200 MB/s
Nand Type - TLC TLC TLC TLC TLC
Dram Cache false true true true true true
Endurance 160 TBW 2400 TBW 2400 TBW 4000 TBW 1200 TBW 4800 TBW
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product SpeedRandomFeatureCapacityUser SentimentEnduranceSocial ProofAffordability
Patriot P300 44.682.914.634.219.851.148.682
Samsung 9100 PRO Compare 99.199.899.792.5085.999.55.3
Western Digital Black SN850X Compare 88.595.28992.594.4889510.7
Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare 99.498.790.592.5093.486.86.5
Crucial T500 Compare 93.896.598.878.378.482.99519.9
SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare 87.19693.698.1088953.9

Usage Scores

Overall (38.1)Budget (70.4)Gaming (33.2)Laptop (42.4)Console (15.1)Portable (9.2)Workstation (38.7)

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