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Team Group SSD
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 1,600 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 65 TBW
54 Overall Score
Price $64
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong endurance (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong social proof (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 1600 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 160000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 200000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 65 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Team Group SSD | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 SHPP41-2000GM-2 | XPG Mars 980 Blade SMAR-980B-1TCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 1,600 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | false | true | true |
| Endurance | 65 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 740 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Group SSD | 44 | 77.8 | 52.8 | 17.5 | 72.5 | 69.9 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.8 | 96.2 | 99 | 54.9 | 82.6 | 95.4 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 71.6 | 90 | 78.5 | 78.3 | 82.6 | 99.5 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 86.4 | 95.1 | 78.5 | 54.9 | 87.5 | 95.4 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 SHPP41-2000GM-2 Compare | 83.1 | 96.6 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 85.6 | 49.9 |
| XPG Mars 980 Blade SMAR-980B-1TCS Compare | 96.8 | 98 | 97.5 | 54.9 | 81.4 | 0 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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