SanDisk SN5000 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong endurance (81st percentile) 81st
- Strong capacity (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong speed (75th percentile) 75th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5150 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 4850 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 650000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 770000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 900 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1750000 |
| Warranty (years) | 1 |
vs Competition
| Spec | SanDisk SN5000 | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Lexar NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,150 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 900 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanDisk SN5000 | 75.3 | 89.4 | 53.6 | 78.4 | 81.1 | 52.9 | 35.1 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.6 | 88 | 95.2 | 11.5 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.6 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 20.1 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 94 | 93.5 | 78.4 | 93.9 | 95.2 | 16.5 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.3 | 92.6 | 74.8 | 57.1 | 10.5 |
Price
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