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Caldera SN-3956 Ultra 4TB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN3956-ULTRA · Released 2019 · Updated 2026-10-23

Key facts

Benchmark index14,506 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#43,857
Street price$529
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar27.42
Released2019

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-3956 Ultra
Capacity4 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.4
Sequential read3,200 MB/s
Sequential write2,800 MB/s
Random 4K read420K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 218-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 4 GB
Endurance2,400 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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