Patriot Memory Viper VP4300 Lite 500 GB

Written analysis

Patriot Memory Viper VP4300 Lite 500 GB at a glance

The Patriot Memory Viper VP4300 Lite 500 GB is a 500 GB M.2 2280 SSD using PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0. The controller is Maxio MAP1602. Flash type is 3D TLC NAND. Cache is listed as Host-Memory-Buffer (HMB).

Rated sequential throughput is 7000 MB/s read and 4000 MB/s write. Random throughput is 1000K read IOPS and 700K write IOPS. The calculated specification score is 67.0.

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

Endurance and thermals

Rated endurance is 400 TBW, or approximately 800 TBW per TB of capacity. The listed warranty is 5 years.

Current value

At $100, the drive costs $199.98 per TB. Performance / price is 100.5 and capacity value is 50.2. Compare these values with nearby drives below; interface generation and headline speed alone do not determine value.