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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
41 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (99th percentile) 99th
Cons
- Below average affordability (10th percentile)
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average speed (23rd percentile)
- Below average random (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 WDS800T2XHE | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN | Crucial T700 CT2000T700SSD5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 2560 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solidigm D3-S4520 | 22.7 | 22.8 | 14.7 | 23.3 | 99.4 | 10.4 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 23.2 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 89 | 96.4 | 93.9 | 98.1 | 88.1 | 4 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 94.1 | 9.3 |
| SanDisk Black SN850X WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 89 | 95.8 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 88.1 | 9.6 |
| Crucial T700 CT2000T700SSD5 Compare | 96.7 | 97.7 | 97.4 | 78.5 | 82.9 | 21.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 8, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall41.4
- Budget40.1
- Gaming23
- Laptop35.5
- Console10.3
- Portable8.3
- Workstation40.6
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