Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-8189 Ultra 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8189-ULTRA · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-26

Key facts

Benchmark index14,246 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#172
Street price$559
Power8 W (active)
Performance per dollar25.48
Released2021

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8189 Ultra
Capacity4 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read5,200 MB/s
Sequential write3,700 MB/s
Random 4K read980K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 176-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 4 GB
Endurance2,400 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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