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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 (79th percentile) 79th
- 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 9100 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M | Crucial T710 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 500GB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 500 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,500 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fanxiang S101 | 18.8 | 22.8 | 78.5 | 26.8 | 66.4 | 42.2 | 68.4 | 78.8 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.9 | 95.7 | 89.3 | 92.5 | 94.9 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 9.7 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/4000G Compare | 93.3 | 94.3 | 93.9 | 92.5 | 0 | 94.1 | 95.3 | 9.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98.1 | 94.9 | 80.7 | 45 | 3.1 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.1 | 99.1 | 85.6 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.9 | 77.5 | 10.7 |
Usage Scores
- Overall36.4
- Budget72.3
- Gaming23.4
- Laptop31.9
- Console11.5
- Portable8.5
- Workstation34.2
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