New On sale 39%
fanxiang S501Q
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,200 MB/s
NAND QLC
Endurance 160 TBW
53 Overall Score
Price $77
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong endurance (75th percentile) 75th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th 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) | 3200 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1450 |
Hardware
| NAND | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 160 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | fanxiang S501Q | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 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 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,200 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | QLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | false | false |
| Endurance | 160 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fanxiang S501Q | 55.9 | 61.3 | 14.1 | 34.3 | 75.1 | 78.9 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 54.9 | 85.4 | 99.5 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.8 | 96.3 | 99 | 54.9 | 82.4 | 95.5 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 86.6 | 95.5 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 86.5 | 95.1 | 78.5 | 54.9 | 87.3 | 95.5 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X Compare | 88.3 | 95.9 | 78.5 | 54.9 | 99.1 | 34.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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