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Timetec Pinnacle 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,000 MB/s
NAND QLC
Endurance 1000 TBW
49 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (94th percentile) 94th
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
Based on 9 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1600 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1000 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Timetec Pinnacle | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU | Western Digital BLACK SN850X | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 1000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1480 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timetec Pinnacle | 47.4 | 61.8 | 14.8 | 55.4 | 93.8 | 46.9 | 60 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 85.9 | 95.3 | 22.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.9 | 96.9 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 19.4 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 78.4 | 91 | 52.1 | 25.4 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 53.5 | 78.4 | 82.9 | 99.6 | 22.8 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.8 | 90.5 | 93.9 | 78.4 | 77.5 | 77.5 | 29.5 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 8, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall48.9
- Budget66.4
- Gaming42.6
- Laptop48
- Console21.1
- Portable10.8
- Workstation40.4
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