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Patriot P300 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 1,700 MB/s
Endurance 160 TBW
38 Overall Score
Price $81
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (83rd percentile) 83rd
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (19th 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) | 1700 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1200 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 290000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 260000 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | SMI 2263XT |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot P300 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 1,700 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | false | false |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot P300 | 44.5 | 82.7 | 14.1 | 34.3 | 19.4 | 50.4 | 51 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 54.9 | 0 | 85.4 | 99.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.8 | 96.3 | 99 | 54.9 | 0 | 82.4 | 95.5 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 79 | 86.6 | 95.5 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 86.5 | 95.1 | 78.5 | 54.9 | 0 | 87.3 | 95.5 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X 850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.9 | 78.5 | 54.9 | 94.6 | 99.1 | 34.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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