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MSI SPATIUM M470 PRO
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor External
Interface USB 3.2 Gen 2
Read Speed 6,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 640 TBW
78 Overall Score
Price $320
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong random (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong capacity (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong endurance (76th percentile) 76th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | External |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 2 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | Yes |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 5000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 950000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 950000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | PHISON E27T |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 640 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI SPATIUM M470 PRO | Samsung 9100 Pro MZ-VAP4T0CW | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Crucial T710 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | External | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 2 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,000 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | true | false |
| Endurance | 640 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI SPATIUM M470 PRO | 75.7 | 92.1 | 93.7 | 78.5 | 57.5 | 75.8 | 40.8 |
| Samsung 9100 Pro MZ-VAP4T0CW Compare | 98.9 | 99.7 | 99.8 | 92.8 | 0 | 86.2 | 99.7 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.9 | 94.8 | 93.7 | 92.8 | 94.6 | 81.2 | 96.4 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 98.7 | 98.7 | 85.3 | 92.8 | 0 | 86.2 | 82.5 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.5 | 93.3 | 93.7 | 78.5 | 66.5 | 94 | 96.4 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.1 | 96.1 | 53.3 | 92.8 | 64.7 | 95.7 | 90.3 |
Price
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