New On sale 14%
Timetec Premium SSD 256GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,100 MB/s
NAND TLC
43 Overall Score
Price $51
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (92nd percentile) 92nd
Cons
- Below average social proof (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
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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) | 2100 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1600 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Timetec Premium SSD | Crucial T500 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 | Corsair MP600 Elite | Team Group MP44L | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 500GB | 500GB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,100 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 6,800 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | - | false | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 640 TBW | 1200 TBW | 160 TBW | 300 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timetec Premium SSD | 48.3 | 61.7 | 53.7 | 17.6 | 63.6 | 13.5 | 92.1 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 99 | 55.3 | 83.1 | 95.3 | 56.5 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 77.6 | 61.7 | 53.7 | 78.5 | 69.7 | 87 | 22.7 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 84 | 61.7 | 53.7 | 55.3 | 93.8 | 95.3 | 58.2 |
| Team Group MP44L Compare | 71 | 86.6 | 79 | 26.7 | 69 | 87 | 74 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 80.3 | 93.9 | 53.7 | 26.7 | 88.2 | 49.7 | 72.6 |
Price
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