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PNY CS2241
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,100 MB/s
NAND TLC
54 Overall Score
Price $179
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong user sentiment (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong speed (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average social proof (7th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has held steady over time
88/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 12 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5100 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 3200 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY CS2241 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 |
| Seq Read | 5,100 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1480 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY CS2241 | 68.1 | 60.3 | 53.1 | 54.6 | 77.6 | 41.3 | 6.9 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.1 | 96.8 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 77.6 | 86 | 96.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.5 | 96.2 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 77.6 | 83 | 99.7 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.5 | 99.4 | 99.7 | 78.5 | 0 | 93.9 | 6.9 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98 | 97.5 | 78.5 | 0 | 89.3 | 42.1 |
| ADATA GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.1 | 89.1 | 93.6 | 78.5 | 0 | 77.5 | 83.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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