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Caldera SN-6953 Ultra 8TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN6953-ULTRA · Released 2020 · Updated 2026-10-18

Key facts

Benchmark index13,468 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#33,769
Street price$459
Power7 W (active)
Performance per dollar29.34
Released2020

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-6953 Ultra
Capacity8 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read7,400 MB/s
Sequential write6,800 MB/s
Random 4K read1,030K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 232-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 8 GB
Endurance4,800 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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