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PNY XLR8 CS3140 (w/ Heatsink) 2 TB

2 TB
Capacity
Phison E18
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor
Front
Package
Package
SSD Controller
Controller
The PNY XLR8 CS3140 (w/ Heatsink) is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on January 11th, 2021. It is available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 2 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the PNY XLR8 CS3140 (w/ Heatsink) interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5018-E18-41 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. PNY has installed 96-layer TLC NAND flash on the XLR8 CS3140 (w/ Heatsink), the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are processed more quickly. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The XLR8 CS3140 (w/ Heatsink) is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,500 MB/s and 6,850 MB/s write.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 320 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. The TBW rating for the PNY XLR8 CS3140 (w/ Heatsink) 2 TB is unknown.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 2 TB (2000 GB)
Variants: 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB
Overprovisioning: 185.4 GB / 10.0 %
Production: Active
Released: Jan 11th, 2021
Price at Launch: 320 USD
Part Number: M280CS3140HS-2TB-RB
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Double-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.4
Power Draw: Unknown

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5018-E18-41
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: 5-Core
Frequency: 1,000 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 12 nm
Flash Channels: 8 @ 1,600 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: B27B FortisFlash
Part Number: IA7BG64AIA
Type: TLC
Technology: 96-layer
Speed: 533 MT/s .. 1200 MT/s
Capacity: 8 chips @ 2 Tbit
ONFI: 4.1
Topology: Floating Gate
Dies per Chip: 4 dies @ 512 Gbit
Planes per Die: 4
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 108 per NAND String
88.9% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 87 µs
Program Time (tProg): 800 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 15 ms
Die Write Speed: 84 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)		 3000 P/E Cycles
(40000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 3456 Pages
Plane Size: 338 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: DDR4-2666 CL19
Name: SK Hynix H5AN8G6NCJR-VKC
Capacity: 2048 MB
(2x 1024 MB)
Organization: 8Gx16

Performance

Sequential Read: 7,500 MB/s
Sequential Write: 6,850 MB/s
Random Read: Unknown
Random Write: Unknown
Endurance: Unknown
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 2.0 Million Hours
SLC Write Cache: Yes

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: No
Encryption:
  • AES-256
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: Yes

Same Drive

This section lists other SSDs in our database using the exact same hardware components

Notes

Controller:

3 main cores using Cortex-R5 clocked at 1000 MHz with CoXProcessor technology (one additional dual-core) Cortex-R5 clocked at a lower clock for better efficience. (200 - 300 MHz)

NAND Die:

tPROG - 800 µs (withouh Vpp)
tPROG w/ ~ 25% Overhead: ~ 914 µs (Avg 70 MB/s per each die)
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