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Water Panther SSD
Capacity 3.2TB
Form Factor U.2
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
DRAM Cache Yes
54 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong random (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong feature (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average social proof (24th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 3200 |
| Form Factor | U.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 2 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Water Panther SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Lexar NM1090 PRO | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X | fanxiang S910 Pro-2TB | Crucial T705 CT1000T705SSD5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 3.2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | U.2 | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,450 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 13,600 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | false | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 2800 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1400 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Panther SSD | 51.4 | 80.6 | 69.8 | 87.3 | 41.5 | 23.7 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.6 | 95.4 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 90.7 | 92.5 | 74.6 | 27.8 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.9 | 78.5 | 54.9 | 99.2 | 35 |
| fanxiang S910 Pro-2TB Compare | 96.8 | 80.6 | 97.5 | 78.3 | 89 | 40.6 |
| Crucial T705 CT1000T705SSD5 Compare | 96.7 | 97.5 | 89.2 | 54.9 | 77.8 | 0 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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