Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-5021 Core 1TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN5021-CORE · Released 2019 · Updated 2026-10-24

Key facts

Benchmark index7,268 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#43,515
Street price$129
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar56.34
Released2019

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-5021 Core
Capacity1 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.4
Sequential read3,100 MB/s
Sequential write2,800 MB/s
Random 4K read410K IOPS
NAND3D QLC, 176-layer
CacheDRAM-less (HMB)
Endurance200 TBW (0.18 DWPD)
Warranty3 years
HeatsinkNone

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