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PNY XLR8 CS3040 500GB M.2 NVMe Gen4 at a glance
The PNY XLR8 CS3040 500GB M.2 NVMe Gen4 is a 500 GB M.2 2280 SSD using PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4. The controller is Phison PS5016-E16-32. Flash type is TLC 96-layer. Cache is listed as DDR4-2400 CL17.
Rated sequential throughput is 5600 MB/s read and 2600 MB/s write. Random throughput is 400K read IOPS and 350K write IOPS. The calculated specification score is 61.8.
Best fit: General storage workloads where compatibility and price matter more than peak transfer rates.
Endurance and thermals
Rated endurance is 900 TBW, or approximately 1800 TBW per TB of capacity. The listed warranty is 5 years.
Current value
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