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Crucial E100 480GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
The 480GB M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe drive delivers 4700 MB/s reads and 2500 MB/s writes, making it a fast Gen4 upgrade for older HDDs or SATA SSDs. Its DRAM-less design keeps costs low, and the 3-year warranty adds basic peace of mind for a budget-focused build. Best for gamers or general users replacing a slow boot drive in a desktop or workstation without needing portable storage.
Capacity 480GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 4,700 MB/s
48 Overall Score
Price CA$137
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong social proof (69th percentile) 69th
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 480 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 4700 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2500 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial E100 | Samsung 990 PRO | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | Corsair MP700 Elite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 4,700 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1480 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial E100 | 64.8 | 61.7 | 14.5 | 23.2 | 41.7 | 68.5 | 78.4 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 85.7 | 95.3 | 23.6 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.7 | 90.4 | 94 | 78.5 | 77.3 | 77.5 | 29.9 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.6 | 78.5 | 90.9 | 52.3 | 26.3 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.4 | 99.1 | 90.8 | 55.3 | 94.8 | 77.5 | 34.1 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 95.1 | 97 | 89.2 | 78.5 | 87.1 | 36.4 | 20.6 |
Price
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Usage Scores
- Overall47.9
- Budget81.7
- Gaming38.6
- Laptop50.8
- Console30.2
- Portable11.9
- Workstation41
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