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PNY CS2142 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2230
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,500 MB/s
50 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (75th percentile) 75th
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average social proof (27th percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4000 |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY CS2142 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 3000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY CS2142 | 74.9 | 61.7 | 14.7 | 26.7 | 57.3 | 26.6 | 62.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 99 | 78.5 | 86 | 95.3 | 20.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.5 | 83 | 95.3 | 19.6 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.5 | 97.6 | 78.5 | 80.9 | 49.5 | 21 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.6 | 78.5 | 91.1 | 51.8 | 24.1 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 55.3 | 98.7 | 95.3 | 43.6 |
Price
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