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Intel S4500 Series 960GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 960GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
29 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average affordability (16th percentile)
- Below average speed (18th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 960 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 490 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 72000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 30000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Intel S4500 Series | Samsung 990 Pro MZ-V9P4T0BAM | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Lexar NM1090 PRO | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN7100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 960GB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2800 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel S4500 Series | 17.8 | 37.5 | 14.6 | 41.3 | 14.7 | 30.1 | 15.8 |
| Samsung 990 Pro MZ-V9P4T0BAM Compare | 93.4 | 97.6 | 93.6 | 92.5 | 85.9 | 99.5 | 7.2 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.1 | 96 | 93.6 | 98.1 | 88 | 95 | 4.1 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 92.5 | 93.4 | 86.8 | 6.5 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.3 | 92.5 | 75.1 | 57.1 | 10.5 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN7100 Compare | 91.5 | 96 | 53.7 | 78.4 | 91.6 | 95 | 30.8 |
Price
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