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Lexar
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Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
About This Product
The Lexar EQ790 is a 4TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD utilizing a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface. This drive offers high capacity and solid PCIe Gen 4 performance suitable for general computing and gaming. While it provides faster speeds than SATA SSDs, it may not match the peak performance of premium PCIe Gen 4 drives in sustained heavy workloads.
Verdict
βA good value for users needing high capacity and fast general-purpose storage.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
7,000 MB/s
Sequential Write
6,000 MB/s
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
2,400 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.33 DWPD
calculated from TBW
MTBF
1.5M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
No
Critical for Gen5 drives and laptops.
Max Temp
70Β°C
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