PNY XLR8 CS3040 4TB M.2 NVMe Gen4

Written analysis

PNY XLR8 CS3040 4TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 at a glance

The PNY XLR8 CS3040 4TB M.2 NVMe Gen4 is a 4000 GB M.2 2280 SSD using PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4. The controller is Phison PS5016-E16-32. Flash type is QLC 96-layer. Cache is listed as DDR4-2400 CL17.

Rated sequential throughput is 5600 MB/s read and 4300 MB/s write. Random throughput is 440K read IOPS and 380K write IOPS. The calculated specification score is 65.5.

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 225 TBW per TB of capacity. The listed warranty is 5 years.

Current value

At $331, the drive costs $82.74 per TB. Performance / price is 29.7 and capacity value is 118.8. Compare these values with nearby drives below; interface generation and headline speed alone do not determine value.