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Solidigm D3-S4520 480GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 480GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
Endurance 2560 TBW
42 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (99th percentile) 99th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average speed (23rd percentile)
- Below average capacity (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 480 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 460 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 2560 |
| MTBF (hours) | 2000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Solidigm D3-S4520 | Samsung 990 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Lexar NM1090 PRO | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 2560 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2800 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solidigm D3-S4520 | 22.5 | 22.1 | 14.1 | 23 | 99.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.9 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 87.3 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.5 | 98.6 | 90.7 | 92.6 | 93 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 90.7 | 92.6 | 74.4 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.9 | 78.5 | 54.9 | 99.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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