New
Gigastone SSD
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
41 Overall Score
Price $130
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
- Below average speed (22nd percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 450 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigastone SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M | Corsair MP700 Elite | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 14,200 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 600 TBW | 1000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigastone SSD | 21.8 | 22.1 | 52.9 | 34.3 | 57 | 78.9 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.4 | 95.5 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.4 | 95.5 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 98.8 | 95.5 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.7 | 96.6 | 85.8 | 54.9 | 86.6 | 95.5 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 Compare | 97 | 98.6 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 91.8 | 88 |
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