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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
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Will It Run?
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PNY

Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
About This Product
The PNY CS2150 is a 2TB M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe SSD, offering sequential read speeds up to 6855 MB/s and write speeds up to 8274 MB/s. Its random read IOPS are 746K and random write IOPS are 641K. This drive is suitable for users requiring high-speed storage for demanding applications and large file transfers, typical of professional workstations or high-end gaming systems with PCIe Gen 5 support.
Verdict
βIdeal for users needing top-tier sequential performance on a PCIe Gen 5 platform.β
Performance, endurance, NAND architecture, thermals, and compatibility.
Sequential, random, and sustained speeds.
Sequential Read
6,855 MB/s
Sequential Write
8,274 MB/s
4K Random Read
746 IOPS
4K Random Write
641 IOPS
How long the drive lasts under sustained writes.
TBW (lifetime writes)
1,200 TB
Drive Writes/Day
0.33 DWPD
calculated from TBW
Warranty
5 years
Controller, NAND, and cache β what most retailers don't show you.
DRAM Cache
No
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