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Caldera SN-7538 Ultra 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN7538-ULTRA · Released 2020 · Updated 2026-10-22

Key facts

Benchmark index5,867 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#8,903
Street price$89
Power5 W (active)
Performance per dollar65.92
Released2020

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-7538 Ultra
Capacity1 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read5,600 MB/s
Sequential write5,300 MB/s
Random 4K read1,150K IOPS
NAND3D QLC, 232-layer
CacheDRAM-less (HMB)
Endurance200 TBW (0.18 DWPD)
Warranty3 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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