Patriot Memory Viper VP4300 Lite 1TB

Written analysis

Patriot Memory Viper VP4300 Lite 1TB at a glance

The Patriot Memory Viper VP4300 Lite 1TB is a 1000 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 7400 MB/s read and 6400 MB/s write. Random throughput is 1000K read IOPS and 700K write IOPS. The calculated specification score is 69.0.

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

Endurance and thermals

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

Current value

At $175, the drive costs $174.99 per TB. Performance / price is 59.1 and capacity value is 59.1. Compare these values with nearby drives below; interface generation and headline speed alone do not determine value.