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Caldera SN-9743 Plus 500GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN9743-PLUS · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-24

Key facts

Benchmark index5,664 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#9,403
Street price$79
Power7 W (active)
Performance per dollar71.70
Released2021

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-9743 Plus
Capacity500 GB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read5,700 MB/s
Sequential write4,100 MB/s
Random 4K read1,190K IOPS
NAND3D QLC, 232-layer
CacheDRAM-less (HMB)
Endurance180 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty3 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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