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Patriot P220 256GB SATA III
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
Endurance 960 TBW
47 Overall Score
Price $41
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong affordability (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong social proof (87th percentile) 87th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average speed (28th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 50000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 50000 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 960 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot P220 | Crucial P5 Plus CT1000P5PSSD8 | Corsair MP600 Elite | Team Group MP44L | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | MSI SPATIUM M560 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 500GB | 500GB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 6,600 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 6,800 MB/s | 10,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | - |
| Dram Cache | false | false | false | false | false | - |
| Endurance | 960 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 160 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot P220 | 28.4 | 37.8 | 14.4 | 17.9 | 98.9 | 87.3 | 96.5 |
| Crucial P5 Plus CT1000P5PSSD8 Compare | 78.7 | 88.9 | 77.9 | 55.3 | 88.8 | 95.4 | 51.6 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 83.9 | 61.8 | 52.7 | 55.3 | 93.4 | 95.4 | 57.7 |
| Team Group MP44L Compare | 70.9 | 86.5 | 77.9 | 26.9 | 68.6 | 87.3 | 74.5 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 80.3 | 93.8 | 52.7 | 26.9 | 87.9 | 50.7 | 73.2 |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 Compare | 95.4 | 61.8 | 36.2 | 55.3 | 94.4 | 44.2 | 23.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $41
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Usage Scores
- Overall46.9
- Budget92.6
- Gaming27.1
- Laptop41.2
- Console12.4
- Portable9.9
- Workstation41.3
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