New On sale 2%
Team Group T-FORCE VULCAN Z
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 520 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 200 TBW
41 Overall Score
Price $50
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong social proof (84th percentile) 84th
Cons
- Below average speed (16th percentile)
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average random (21st percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
78/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
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) | 520 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Team Group T-FORCE VULCAN Z | Crucial T500 | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | Corsair MP600 Elite | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 | MSI SPATIUM M560 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 500GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 520 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 10,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | - |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | false | - | - |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 600 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 640 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Group T-FORCE VULCAN Z | 16 | 21 | 53.1 | 17.2 | 43 | 87.3 | 83.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.2 | 95.9 | 98.9 | 54.6 | 94.3 | 83 | 96.6 |
| 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 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 75.6 | 60.3 | 53.1 | 78.5 | 77.6 | 68.7 | 33.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 Compare | 94.9 | 60.3 | 35.6 | 54.6 | 77.6 | 94.4 | 56.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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