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Lexar 256GB SSD 2.5"
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 520 MB/s
NAND MLC
Endurance 128 TBW
39 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (86th percentile) 86th
- Strong endurance (74th percentile) 74th
- Strong feature (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average speed (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average social proof (35th 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 |
Hardware
| NAND | MLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 128 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lexar 256GB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T700 CT2000T700SSD5 | Team Group T-FORCE G70 PRO TM8FFH004T0C128 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 2TB | 4TB | 8TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 520 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | MLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 128 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2960 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexar 256GB SSD | 14.4 | 22.4 | 72.1 | 17.8 | 74.3 | 34.8 | 85.8 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 95.3 | 23.4 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.2 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 94.1 | 95.3 | 9.1 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 89 | 96.3 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 3.7 |
| Crucial T700 CT2000T700SSD5 Compare | 96.6 | 97.6 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 83 | 77.4 | 21.9 |
| Team Group T-FORCE G70 PRO TM8FFH004T0C128 Compare | 92.8 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 82 | 41.4 | 13.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall38.5
- Budget75.5
- Gaming22.7
- Laptop33.4
- Console10.5
- Portable7.7
- Workstation38.9
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