Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-8690 Core 8TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8690-CORE · Released 2020 · Updated 2026-10-22

Key facts

Benchmark index12,169 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#13,156
Street price$379
Power5 W (active)
Performance per dollar32.11
Released2020

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8690 Core
Capacity8 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,000 MB/s
Sequential write4,300 MB/s
Random 4K read740K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 232-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 8 GB
Endurance4,800 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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