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Caldera SN-4253 Core 4TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN4253-CORE · Released 2019 · Updated 2026-10-21

Key facts

Benchmark index12,408 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#17,974
Street price$409
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar30.34
Released2019

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-4253 Core
Capacity4 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.4
Sequential read3,300 MB/s
Sequential write2,500 MB/s
Random 4K read470K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 218-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 4 GB
Endurance2,400 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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