New On sale 14%
Timetec SSD
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,100 MB/s
NAND TLC
43 Overall Score
Price $51
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average social proof (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2100 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1600 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Timetec SSD | Crucial T500 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 | KingSpec OneBoom X400-1TB 2280 | Corsair MP600 Elite | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB | 500GB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,100 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | - | false | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 640 TBW | 1800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 300 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timetec SSD | 46.4 | 60.1 | 53.4 | 16.6 | 62.4 | 25.7 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 89.7 | 95.9 | 78.4 | 54.3 | 83.2 | 56.9 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 75.5 | 60.1 | 53.4 | 78.2 | 56.2 | 90.7 |
| KingSpec OneBoom X400-1TB 2280 Compare | 89.1 | 60.1 | 78.4 | 54.3 | 96.3 | 69 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 81.7 | 60.1 | 53.4 | 54.3 | 94.1 | 96.3 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 78.3 | 92.2 | 53.4 | 25.1 | 87.9 | 56.9 |
Price
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