New Price drop 17%
Samsung 256GB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
NAND TLC
47 Overall Score
Price $100
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (35th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 256GB SSD | Crucial T500 | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Corsair MP700 Elite | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | Kingston KC3000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 256GB SSD | 52.4 | 61.9 | 53.6 | 34.8 | 14.8 | 71.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.4 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.5 | 83 | 56.3 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.2 | 94 | 55.5 | 98.8 | 43.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.2 | 97.1 | 85.8 | 55.5 | 87.3 | 43.6 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 87.1 | 95.7 | 78.8 | 55.5 | 88.1 | 54.5 |
| Kingston KC3000 Compare | 81.5 | 93.3 | 94 | 55.5 | 93 | 41.2 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $100
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Usage Scores
- Overall46.9
- Budget78.7
- Gaming38
- Laptop51.8
- Console19
- Portable11.3
- Workstation41.1
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