New
Patriot SSD
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 1,700 MB/s
Endurance 80 TBW
50 Overall Score
Price $54
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong random (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong endurance (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 1700 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1100 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 290000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 260000 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 80 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot SSD | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | Corsair MP600 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 500GB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 1,700 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | - | false | false |
| Endurance | 80 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 640 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot SSD | 43.5 | 81.8 | 14.4 | 17.2 | 65.9 | 82.3 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.4 | 96.1 | 99 | 54.8 | 83 | 96.3 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 82.5 | 96.4 | 93.7 | 78.6 | 86 | 56.6 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 75.8 | 60.5 | 53.4 | 78.6 | 68.7 | 90.1 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 91 | 95.7 | 53.4 | 26 | 87.9 | 51.8 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 82.5 | 60.5 | 53.4 | 54.8 | 93.7 | 96.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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