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SABRENT

SABRENT Rocket Enterprise PCIe 4.0 U.2 15.36TB NVMe SSD

SABRENT Rocket Enterprise PCIe 4.0 U.2 15.36TB NVMe SSD
62Points

Western Digital

WD Blue SN5100 2TB

WD Blue SN5100 2TB
55Points

Western Digital

WD Black SN8100 2TB NVMe SSD

WD Black SN8100 2TB NVMe SSD
54Points

Crucial

Crucial P510 2TB

Crucial P510 2TB
53Points

Lexar

Lexar ARES PRO 4TB Gen5

Lexar ARES PRO 4TB Gen5
52Points
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Capacity and interface
Capacity(GB)

15360 GB

2000 GB

2000 GB

2000 GB

4000 GB

Capacity (TB)(TB)

2 TB

4 TB

Form factorU.2M.2 2280M.2 2280M.2M.2
InterfacePCIe 4.0NVMeNVMe 2.0NVMeNVME
PCIe generationPCIe 4.0PCIe 4.0PCIe 5.0PCIe 5.0PCIe 5.0
PCIe lanes

4

4

4

4

4

Sequential performance
Sequential read(MB/s)

71000 MB/s

14900 MB/s

14000 MB/s

Sequential write(MB/s)

14000 MB/s

13000 MB/s

Random performance
Random read (4K Q32)(IOPS)

2300000 IOPS

Random write (4K Q32)(IOPS)

2400000 IOPS

Controller and NAND
ControllerSanDisk proprietary8-channel controller
NAND typeTLCTLCBiCS8 (218-layer) 3-bit TLCTLCTLC
DRAM cache
DRAM cache size(MB)

2048 MB

Host memory buffer
SLC cache
Endurance and reliability
Endurance(TBW)

1200 TBW

2400 TBW

MTBF(hrs)

2000000 hrs

Warranty(years)

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

5 years

Features
Hardware encryptionCrypto eraseAES 256-bit, TCG/Opal 2.0
TRIM
S.M.A.R.T.
Heatsink included
PS5 compatible
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