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Lexar NM990
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 5.0
Read Speed 14,000 MB/s
Endurance 750 TBW
66 Overall Score
Price $262
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong speed (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong endurance (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average social proof (2nd percentile)
- Below average feature (29th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 14000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 7500 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1600000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1000000 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 750 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lexar NM990 | Western Digital WD Black SN850X | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 14,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 750 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexar NM990 | 95.8 | 96.3 | 28.5 | 54.9 | 76.8 | 1.5 |
| Western Digital WD Black SN850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.1 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 80.6 | 95.4 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.6 | 95.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.7 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.6 | 95.4 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 93.7 | 95.4 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 98.9 | 95.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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