PNY XLR8 CS3040 2TB

The PNY XLR8 CS3040 2TB is a high-performance internal solid-state drive released in July 2022. It uses the M.2 2280 form factor and connects via a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface, supporting the NVMe protocol for fast data transfer. The drive features 2TB of TLC NAND flash memory and a Phison PS5016-E16 controller, along with a DRAM cache for improved performance. It achieves sequential read speeds of up to 5600 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 4300 MB/s, with random read and write speeds of 690,005 IOPS and 591,474 IOPS, respectively. The drive has a total bytes written (TBW) rating of 3600 TB and comes with a 5-year warranty. It is compatible with motherboards that have an M.2 slot supporting PCIe 4.0 x4.