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Caldera SN-9971 Core 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN9971-CORE · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-24

Key facts

Benchmark index5,777 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#9,211
Street price$69
Power8 W (active)
Performance per dollar83.72
Released2021

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-9971 Core
Capacity1 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,800 MB/s
Sequential write6,300 MB/s
Random 4K read970K IOPS
NAND3D QLC, 176-layer
CacheDRAM-less (HMB)
Endurance200 TBW (0.18 DWPD)
Warranty3 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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