Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-8172 Ultra 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8172-ULTRA · Released 2020 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

Benchmark index9,781 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#38,865
Street price$209
Power8 W (active)
Performance per dollar46.80
Released2020

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8172 Ultra
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,700 MB/s
Sequential write5,500 MB/s
Random 4K read880K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 176-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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