Patriot Memory Viper VP4300 Lite 4TB

Written analysis

Patriot Memory Viper VP4300 Lite 4TB at a glance

The Patriot Memory Viper VP4300 Lite 4TB is a 4000 GB M.2 2280 SSD using PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0. The controller is Maxio MAP1602. Flash type is 3D QLC NAND. Cache is listed as Host-Memory-Buffer (HMB).

Rated sequential throughput is 7400 MB/s read and 6000 MB/s write. Random throughput is 900K read IOPS and 700K write IOPS. The calculated specification score is 68.2.

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

Endurance and thermals

Rated endurance is 2000 TBW, or approximately 500 TBW per TB of capacity. The listed warranty is 5 years.

Current value

At $590, the drive costs $147.58 per TB. Performance / price is 17.3 and capacity value is 69.4. Compare these values with nearby drives below; interface generation and headline speed alone do not determine value.