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Caldera SN-8172 Ultra 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8172-ULTRA · Released 2022 · Updated 2026-10-26

Key facts

Benchmark index10,593 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#33,779
Street price$339
Power5 W (active)
Performance per dollar31.25
Released2022

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8172 Ultra
Capacity4 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read5,800 MB/s
Sequential write5,200 MB/s
Random 4K read1,220K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 176-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 4 GB
Endurance2,400 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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