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fanxiang S501
Capacity 128GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 1,100 MB/s
NAND TLC
36 Overall Score
Price $40
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong feature (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong social proof (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
- Below average capacity (7th percentile)
- Below average endurance (14th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Owner sentiment has improved over time
78/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 10 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 128 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 1100 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 600 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | fanxiang S501 | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | Corsair MP600 Elite | MSI SPATIUM M560 | Team Group T-FORCE G50 | ADATA LEGEND 860 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 128GB | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB | 512GB | 500GB |
| 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 | 1,100 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 10,300 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | - | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | false | false | false | - | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 325 TBW | 640 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fanxiang S501 | 40.8 | 60.3 | 78.5 | 6.9 | 43 | 14.4 | 70.7 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 90.8 | 95.5 | 53.1 | 25.8 | 77.6 | 88 | 54.1 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 82 | 60.3 | 53.1 | 54.6 | 0 | 94.4 | 96.6 |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 Compare | 94.9 | 60.3 | 35.6 | 54.6 | 77.6 | 94.4 | 56.1 |
| Team Group T-FORCE G50 Compare | 68.2 | 60.3 | 78.5 | 33.8 | 56.2 | 79.5 | 83.8 |
| ADATA LEGEND 860 Compare | 67.6 | 60.3 | 86.7 | 25.8 | 0 | 95.6 | 30.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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