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Caldera SN-9896 Core 8TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN9896-CORE · Released 2019 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

Benchmark index12,056 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#42,571
Street price$339
Power4 W (active)
Performance per dollar35.56
Released2019

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-9896 Core
Capacity8 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.4
Sequential read2,600 MB/s
Sequential write2,500 MB/s
Random 4K read510K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 218-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 8 GB
Endurance4,800 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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