Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-7981 Core 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN7981-CORE · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-24

Key facts

Benchmark index9,542 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#43,052
Street price$199
Power7 W (active)
Performance per dollar47.95
Released2021

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-7981 Core
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read7,000 MB/s
Sequential write5,200 MB/s
Random 4K read890K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 238-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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