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PNY XLR8 Gaming CS3150
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 5.0 x4
Read Speed 11,500 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
71 Overall Score
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong speed (96th percentile) 96th
- Strong random (80th percentile) 80th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 11500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 8500 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1600000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY XLR8 Gaming CS3150 | Samsung 9100 Pro | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 11,500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY XLR8 Gaming CS3150 | 95.5 | 80.4 | 97.5 | 54.7 | 63.7 |
| Samsung 9100 Pro Compare | 99 | 98.7 | 99.7 | 78.2 | 85.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.2 | 82.9 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.4 | 97.5 | 78.2 | 80.9 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.5 | 99.1 | 90.6 | 54.7 | 98.9 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.8 | 96.5 | 99.7 | 78.2 | 87.1 |
Price
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