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fanxiang S500 Pro
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 200 TBW
53 Overall Score
Price $60
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (84th percentile) 84th
- Strong social proof (84th percentile) 84th
Cons
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
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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) | 3000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 200 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | fanxiang S500 Pro | Crucial T500 | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 | Seagate FireCuda ZP1000GM3A004 | Corsair MP600 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 9,500 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | false | - | false | false |
| Endurance | 200 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 640 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fanxiang S500 Pro | 53.8 | 60.1 | 53.4 | 16.6 | 56.6 | 84.4 | 83.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 89.7 | 95.9 | 78.4 | 54.3 | 94.7 | 83.2 | 56.9 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 85 | 94.4 | 78.4 | 54.3 | 0 | 81.3 | 96.3 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 75.5 | 60.1 | 53.4 | 78.2 | 78.1 | 56.2 | 90.7 |
| Seagate FireCuda ZP1000GM3A004 Compare | 94.1 | 96.2 | 71.9 | 54.3 | 0 | 97.7 | 7.7 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 81.7 | 60.1 | 53.4 | 54.3 | 0 | 94.1 | 96.3 |
Price
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