New On sale 29%
PNY CS900
Capacity 250GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 535 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 100 TBW
42 Overall Score
Price $50
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong endurance (69th percentile) 69th
Cons
- Below average capacity (12th percentile)
- Below average random (21st percentile)
- Below average speed (24th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 250 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 535 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 100 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY CS900 | Crucial T500 | Corsair MP600 Elite | KingSpec OneBoom X400-1TB 2280 | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | MSI SPATIUM M560 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 250GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 500GB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 535 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 10,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | - |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | false | false | - |
| Endurance | 100 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1800 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY CS900 | 23.5 | 20.8 | 53.4 | 12.1 | 68.5 | 90.7 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 89.7 | 95.9 | 78.4 | 54.3 | 83.2 | 56.9 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 81.7 | 60.1 | 53.4 | 54.3 | 94.1 | 96.3 |
| KingSpec OneBoom X400-1TB 2280 Compare | 89.1 | 60.1 | 78.4 | 54.3 | 96.3 | 69 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 78.3 | 92.2 | 53.4 | 25.1 | 87.9 | 56.9 |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 Compare | 94.8 | 60.1 | 36.3 | 54.3 | 94.1 | 57.9 |
Price
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