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Patriot P320
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,000 MB/s
Endurance 240 TBW
46 Overall Score
Price $85
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average social proof (7th percentile)
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2200 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 240 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot P320 | Crucial T500 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 240 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot P320 | 55 | 60.3 | 14.1 | 33.8 | 72.3 | 6.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.2 | 95.9 | 98.9 | 54.6 | 83 | 96.6 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.2 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 54.6 | 86 | 61.8 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.5 | 99 | 90.2 | 54.6 | 98.1 | 6.9 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 82 | 96.3 | 93.6 | 78.5 | 86 | 58.8 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X Compare | 84.2 | 91.9 | 78.5 | 54.6 | 88 | 48.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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