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Caldera SN-8521 Plus 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8521-PLUS · Released 2022 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

Benchmark index12,345 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#36,512
Street price$389
Power8 W (active)
Performance per dollar31.74
Released2022

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8521 Plus
Capacity4 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read5,200 MB/s
Sequential write4,100 MB/s
Random 4K read1,400K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 218-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 4 GB
Endurance2,400 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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