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SanDisk SSD
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0
Read Speed 6,800 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 3000 TBW
66 Overall Score
Price $160
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong random (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong speed (84th percentile) 84th
Cons
- Below average social proof (17th percentile)
- Below average capacity (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6800 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6900 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 760000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1200000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 3000 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | SanDisk SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 6,800 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 14,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 3000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanDisk SSD | 83.5 | 92.8 | 53.4 | 26 | 99.7 | 16.9 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.2 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.6 | 86 | 96.3 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.2 | 98.8 | 97.4 | 78.6 | 83 | 82.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.4 | 97.4 | 78.6 | 80.9 | 59.2 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.4 | 54.8 | 87.3 | 96.3 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.2 | 98.1 | 97.4 | 78.6 | 89.5 | 40.2 |
Price
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