New On sale 14%
Timetec SSD
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,100 MB/s
NAND TLC
43 Overall Score
Price $51
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average social proof (24th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2100 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1600 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Timetec SSD | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | Corsair MP600 Elite | XPG SPECTRIX S65G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,100 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | - | false | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 640 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 320 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timetec SSD | 46.8 | 60.3 | 53.3 | 17.2 | 62.8 | 23.6 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.3 | 96 | 99.1 | 54.8 | 83.1 | 96.4 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 75.7 | 60.3 | 53.3 | 78.5 | 69 | 90.3 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 90.9 | 95.7 | 53.3 | 26 | 88.1 | 52.3 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 82.3 | 60.3 | 53.3 | 54.8 | 93.7 | 96.4 |
| XPG SPECTRIX S65G Compare | 74.7 | 79.6 | 99.1 | 54.8 | 76.5 | 35.4 |
Price
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