PNY CS2142 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (75th percentile) 75th
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average social proof (27th percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4000 |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY CS2142 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Crucial T705 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,100 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 4800 TBW | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY CS2142 | 74.9 | 61.7 | 14.7 | 26.7 | 57.3 | 26.6 | 62.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 86.1 | 99.6 | 5.1 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.5 | 96.4 | 93.9 | 98.2 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 3.9 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.9 | 90.8 | 92.6 | 93.6 | 87 | 6.3 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99 | 99.3 | 97.6 | 98.2 | 81 | 44.5 | 3.3 |
| Crucial T705 Compare | 97.9 | 98 | 97.6 | 92.6 | 57.3 | 43.9 | 8.9 |
Price
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