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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
PNY

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
| Merchant | Price | $/GB | Availability | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MemoryC | $176.47 | $0.176 | In Stock | $176.47 | Buy |
Newegg | $189.99 | $0.190 | In Stock | $189.99 | Buy |
About This Product
The PNY CS1030 is a 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 SSD. It offers improved performance over SATA SSDs, with sequential read/write speeds suitable for general computing tasks and faster application loading. While it utilizes the NVMe interface, its PCIe Gen3 speeds are surpassed by newer Gen4 and Gen5 drives in the same price range, making it a budget-friendly option for systems without Gen4 support.
Verdict
βGood for budget builds or older systems needing an NVMe upgrade without Gen4 support.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
1,697 MB/s
Sequential Write
1,664 MB/s
4K Random Read
204 IOPS
4K Random Write
221 IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
240 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.13 DWPD
calculated from TBW
MTBF
2.0M hours
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
NAND Type
3D NAND
DRAM Cache
No
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