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Caldera SN-7973 Ultra 8TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN7973-ULTRA · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-24

Key facts

Benchmark index14,900 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#17,368
Street price$539
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar27.64
Released2021

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-7973 Ultra
Capacity8 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read5,200 MB/s
Sequential write3,800 MB/s
Random 4K read1,120K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 176-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 8 GB
Endurance4,800 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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