Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-3938 Core 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN3938-CORE · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

Benchmark index7,084 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#1,471
Street price$139
Power8 W (active)
Performance per dollar50.96
Released2021

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-3938 Core
Capacity1 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,400 MB/s
Sequential write4,900 MB/s
Random 4K read990K IOPS
NAND3D QLC, 218-layer
CacheDRAM-less (HMB)
Endurance240 TBW (0.22 DWPD)
Warranty3 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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