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fanxiang S101 500GB SATA III 2.5"
Capacity 500GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 500 MB/s
NAND TLC
36 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong feature (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong social proof (68th percentile) 68th
- Strong user sentiment (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
- Below average speed (19th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has improved over time
85/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 12 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 500 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | fanxiang S101 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T700 | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1480 TBW | 3000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fanxiang S101 | 18.8 | 22.9 | 78.4 | 26.7 | 65.8 | 42.2 | 68.3 | 78.9 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.4 | 79.1 | 85.8 | 95.3 | 23 |
| Crucial T700 Compare | 96.6 | 97.6 | 97.5 | 78.4 | 79.1 | 82.8 | 77.4 | 22 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.5 | 78.4 | 0 | 91 | 52.1 | 25.3 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.8 | 90.5 | 94 | 78.4 | 79.1 | 77.4 | 77.4 | 29.6 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 94 | 81 | 94 | 55.3 | 79.1 | 98.6 | 95.3 | 43.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 8, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall36.3
- Budget72.4
- Gaming23.4
- Laptop31.8
- Console11.5
- Portable8.4
- Workstation34.2
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