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Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
About This Product
The Lexar NM790 with Heatsink is a 4TB PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD, offering strong performance for its price point. It is suitable for users requiring high-speed storage for large files, gaming, and content creation. While not reaching the absolute peak speeds of some Gen 5 drives, it provides excellent value compared to other high-capacity Gen 4 SSDs.
Verdict
“Excellent value for users needing high-capacity, fast Gen 4 NVMe storage with a heatsink.”
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
7,400 MB/s
Sequential Write
6,500 MB/s
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
3,000 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.41 DWPD
calculated from TBW
MTBF
1.5M hours
Warranty
5 years
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DRAM Cache
No
Critical for Gen5 drives and laptops.
Max Temp
70°C
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