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Caldera SN-7956 SE 500GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN7956-SE · Released 2019 · Updated 2026-10-24

Key facts

Benchmark index4,721 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#4,570
Street price$49
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar96.35
Released2019

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-7956 SE
Capacity500 GB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.4
Sequential read3,300 MB/s
Sequential write1,800 MB/s
Random 4K read400K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 232-layer
CacheDRAM-less (HMB)
Endurance300 TBW (0.55 DWPD)
Warranty3 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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