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Gigastone High Endurance 2TB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
50 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average speed (20th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average affordability (30th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigastone High Endurance | Samsung 990 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Lexar NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigastone High Endurance | 20.3 | 22.4 | 53.8 | 78.5 | 57.3 | 57.8 | 29.5 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 99 | 78.5 | 86 | 95.3 | 20.5 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.5 | 96.4 | 93.9 | 98.2 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 3.8 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.9 | 90.8 | 92.6 | 93.5 | 87 | 6.3 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99 | 99.3 | 97.6 | 98.2 | 80.9 | 44.5 | 3.2 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.4 | 97.6 | 92.6 | 75 | 56.6 | 9.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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