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Caldera SN-5243 Ultra 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN5243-ULTRA · Released 2023 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

Benchmark index14,647 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#48,834
Street price$499
Power5 W (active)
Performance per dollar29.35
Released2023

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-5243 Ultra
Capacity4 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read7,000 MB/s
Sequential write5,000 MB/s
Random 4K read1,360K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 218-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 4 GB
Endurance2,400 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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