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Caldera SN-4542 Core 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN4542-CORE · Released 2024 · Updated 2026-10-27

Key facts

Benchmark index9,452 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#34,181
Street price$209
Power5 W (active)
Performance per dollar45.22
Released2024

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-4542 Core
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,000 MB/s
Sequential write5,600 MB/s
Random 4K read730K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 238-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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