New Price drop 7%
Timetec 3 SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 128GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 100 TBW
34 Overall Score
Price $56
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (88th percentile) 88th
- Strong endurance (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average capacity (7th percentile)
- Below average social proof (18th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average speed (28th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 128 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 100 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Timetec 3 | Crucial T500 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 | PNY XLR8 M280CS3150XHS-1TB-RB | Corsair MP600 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 128GB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 11,500 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | - | true | false |
| Endurance | 100 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 640 TBW | - | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timetec 3 | 28.2 | 22.4 | 53.7 | 7.1 | 71.8 | 17.7 | 88.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.4 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.4 | 83 | 95.3 | 56.3 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 84.1 | 97 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 45.8 | 59.3 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 77.7 | 61.7 | 53.7 | 78.5 | 69.7 | 87.1 | 22.6 |
| PNY XLR8 M280CS3150XHS-1TB-RB Compare | 95.8 | 81.1 | 97.5 | 55.4 | 64.2 | 43 | 57.5 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 84.1 | 61.7 | 53.7 | 55.4 | 93.8 | 95.3 | 58.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall33.6
- Budget54.2
- Gaming19.2
- Laptop21.3
- Console8.7
- Portable6.4
- Workstation34.2
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