Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-8121 Ultra 4TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8121-ULTRA · Released 2019 · Updated 2026-10-22

Key facts

Benchmark index11,639 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#6,720
Street price$399
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar29.17
Released2019

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8121 Ultra
Capacity4 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.4
Sequential read3,300 MB/s
Sequential write3,100 MB/s
Random 4K read510K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 176-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 4 GB
Endurance2,400 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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