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PNY CS2241
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 4,700 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 1500 TBW
58 Overall Score
Price $100
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (99th percentile) 99th
Cons
- Below average capacity (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 4700 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1700 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1500 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | PNY CS2241 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Crucial T700 CT1000T700SSD5 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRSK/1000G | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 4,700 MB/s | 14,700 MB/s | 11,700 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 1500 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1000 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY CS2241 | 61.5 | 60.1 | 53.4 | 25.1 | 98.6 | 46.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 98.3 | 99.7 | 97.3 | 54.3 | 86.3 | 62.8 |
| Crucial T700 CT1000T700SSD5 Compare | 95.4 | 96.1 | 97.3 | 54.3 | 94.1 | 83.9 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.6 | 98.8 | 90.1 | 54.3 | 97.9 | 7.7 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRSK/1000G Compare | 92.1 | 92.9 | 93.4 | 54.3 | 93.3 | 96.3 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8100 Compare | 99.6 | 99.2 | 97.3 | 54.3 | 99.2 | 52.7 |
Price
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