PNY CS2241 2TB M.2 NVMe Gen4

Written analysis

PNY CS2241 2TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 at a glance

The PNY CS2241 2TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 is a 2000 GB M.2 2280 SSD using PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4. The controller is Phison E21T. Flash type is QLC 176-layer. Cache is listed as Host-Memory-Buffer (HMB).

Rated sequential throughput is 5000 MB/s read and 4200 MB/s write. Random throughput is 700K read IOPS and 750K write IOPS. The calculated specification score is 64.7.

Best fit: General storage workloads where compatibility and price matter more than peak transfer rates.

Endurance and thermals

Rated endurance is 640 TBW, or approximately 320 TBW per TB of capacity. The listed warranty is 5 years.

Current value

At $297, the drive costs $148.50 per TB. Performance / price is 32.7 and capacity value is 65.3. Compare these values with nearby drives below; interface generation and headline speed alone do not determine value.