Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-5242 Ultra 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2230 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN5242-ULTRA · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-26

Key facts

Benchmark index9,014 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#29,146
Street price$179
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar50.36
Released2021

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-5242 Ultra
Capacity1 TB
Form factorM.2 2230
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read7,000 MB/s
Sequential write6,200 MB/s
Random 4K read1,330K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 218-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 1 GB
Endurance600 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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