Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-8940 Core 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8940-CORE · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

Benchmark index12,559 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#12,790
Street price$379
Power5 W (active)
Performance per dollar33.14
Released2021

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8940 Core
Capacity4 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read5,200 MB/s
Sequential write4,600 MB/s
Random 4K read700K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 176-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 4 GB
Endurance2,400 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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