Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-8957 Ultra 2TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8957-ULTRA · Released 2019 · Updated 2026-10-26

Key facts

Benchmark index10,462 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#46,468
Street price$329
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar31.80
Released2019

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8957 Ultra
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.4
Sequential read3,400 MB/s
Sequential write3,300 MB/s
Random 4K read410K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 238-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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