New
SSD
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
29 Overall Score
Price $50
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (76th percentile) 76th
Cons
- Below average speed (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average random (21st percentile)
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) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | SSD | 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 | 500 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 | - | true | false | false | - | - |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 640 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSD | 13.8 | 21 | 53.1 | 17.2 | 41.3 | 76 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.2 | 95.9 | 98.9 | 54.6 | 83 | 96.6 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 90.8 | 95.5 | 53.1 | 25.8 | 88 | 54.1 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 82 | 60.3 | 53.1 | 54.6 | 94.4 | 96.6 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 75.6 | 60.3 | 53.1 | 78.5 | 68.7 | 33.4 |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 Compare | 94.9 | 60.3 | 35.6 | 54.6 | 94.4 | 56.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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