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Water Panther 32TB SSD PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe U.2
Capacity 32TB
Form Factor U.2
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
DRAM Cache Yes
55 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)
- Below average affordability (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 32000 |
| 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 32TB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Lexar NM1090 PRO | Crucial T705 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 32TB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,450 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 13,600 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2800 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Panther 32TB SSD | 51.7 | 80.8 | 70.3 | 87.4 | 42.1 | 23.6 | 24.8 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97.1 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 85.9 | 95.2 | 21.1 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.1 | 95.9 | 93.5 | 98.2 | 88 | 95.2 | 4.1 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.6 | 93.4 | 86.8 | 6.5 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.3 | 92.6 | 74.8 | 57.1 | 10.5 |
| Crucial T705 Compare | 96.6 | 97.6 | 99.7 | 54.9 | 82.8 | 44.6 | 38.2 |
Price
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