Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD

Written analysis

Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD at a glance

The Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD is a 500 GB M.2 2280 SSD using PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3. The controller is Silicon Motion SM2263XT. Flash type is TLC Intel 64L. Cache is listed as Host-Memory-Buffer (HMB).

Rated sequential throughput is 2200 MB/s read and 1600 MB/s write. Random throughput is 240K read IOPS and 250K write IOPS. The calculated specification score is 57.0.

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

Endurance and thermals

Rated endurance is 300 TBW, or approximately 600 TBW per TB of capacity. The listed warranty is 5 years.

Current value

At $105, the drive costs $209.94 per TB. Performance / price is 81.5 and capacity value is 40.7. Compare these values with nearby drives below; interface generation and headline speed alone do not determine value.