Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-8257 Core 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8257-CORE · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-25

Key facts

Benchmark index11,073 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#20,298
Street price$339
Power8 W (active)
Performance per dollar32.66
Released2021

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8257 Core
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,100 MB/s
Sequential write4,600 MB/s
Random 4K read1,320K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 238-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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