PNY CS900 250GB SATA III 2.5"

PNY CS900 250GB SATA III 2.5"

PNY
42 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
94 Overall Score

Scores

Console
PNY
13
Western Digital
95
Gaming
PNY
26
Western Digital
95
Workstation
PNY
40
Western Digital
94
Budget
PNY
87
Western Digital
81
Laptop
PNY
38
Western Digital
81
Portable
PNY
10
Western Digital
25

Specifications

PNY CS900Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X
Drive
Capacity
250
4,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
535
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
500
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
100
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)33
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✗—

Pros & Cons

PNY CS900 250GB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong affordability (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong endurance (70th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (13th percentile)13th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average speed (25th percentile)

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (9th percentile)9th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 94 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 17 specs.

PNY CS900 Better at:

Budget

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation