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DATO ARES M.2 2230 Series ARS330
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,500 MB/s
41 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average feature (33rd percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1700 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | DATO ARES M.2 2230 Series ARS330 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DATO ARES M.2 2230 Series ARS330 | 52.3 | 60.5 | 32.9 | 34.1 | 56.5 | 56.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.2 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.6 | 86 | 96.3 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.2 | 98.8 | 97.4 | 78.6 | 83 | 82.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 99 | 78.6 | 74 | 96.3 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 99.6 | 99.1 | 90.4 | 54.8 | 98.3 | 6.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.4 | 54.8 | 87.3 | 96.3 |
Price
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