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Caldera SN-8970 Core 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8970-CORE · Released 2022 · Updated 2026-10-25

Key facts

Benchmark index8,523 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#3,510
Street price$189
Power7 W (active)
Performance per dollar45.10
Released2022

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8970 Core
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,000 MB/s
Sequential write5,200 MB/s
Random 4K read1,240K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 232-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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