New On sale 45%
fanxiang S501Q
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,500 MB/s
NAND QLC
Endurance 320 TBW
55 Overall Score
Price $135
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong endurance (75th percentile) 75th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (28th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has improved over time
72/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 14 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2500 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 320 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | fanxiang S501Q | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T710 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 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 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 320 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fanxiang S501Q | 58.3 | 60.5 | 14.4 | 54.8 | 27.8 | 75.4 | 82.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.2 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.6 | 78.2 | 86 | 96.3 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.2 | 98.8 | 97.4 | 78.6 | 0 | 83 | 82.3 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.4 | 97.4 | 78.6 | 0 | 80.9 | 59.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.1 | 90.4 | 54.8 | 99.6 | 98.3 | 6.4 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.6 | 96.4 | 85.4 | 54.8 | 78.2 | 87.3 | 96.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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