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PNY CS900

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CS900

Released September 2016.8Spec databasegeizhals.de/1508814Read 15 October 2026Geizhals lists the 480GB (SSD7CS900-480-RB) since 15 Sep 2016. The 960GB was listed on 29 Jan 2018. This first listing date is the earliest evidence found for the family. PNY published no launch release that could be found, so the month is approximate Last checked 21 October 2026.

Interface
SATA
Form factor
2.5-inch
Capacity
120 GB, 240 GB, 250 GB, 480 GB, 500 GB, 960 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB, 8 TB
Read speed
550MB/s

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General

Series
Not available
Model numbers
SSD7CS900-120-RB, SSD7CS900-240-RB, SSD7CS900-250-RB, SSD7CS900-480-RB, SSD7CS900-500-RB, SSD7CS900-960-RB, SSD7CS900-1TB-RB, SSD7CS900-2TB-RB, SSD7CS900-4TB-RB, SSD7CS900-8TB-RB2Maker spec sheet (PDF)content.shi.com/cms-content/accelerator/media/pdfs/pny/pny-060223-pny-ssd-cs900-datasheet.pdfRead 15 October 2026PNY CS900 datasheet ver. 08-30-21, a PNY PDF mirrored by the reseller SHI. PNY Part Number rows list SSD7CS900-120-RB, -240-RB, -250-RB, -480-RB, -500-RB, -960-RB, -1TB-RB, -2TB-RB, -4TB-RB and -8TB-RB3Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/pny-ssd-cs900-sell-sheet-11-26-25.pdfRead 15 October 2026PNY Part Number rows for 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB, same as the 08-30-21 datasheet
GTIN / EAN
751492597843, 751492597867, 751492629940, 751492597881, 751492629957, 751492604183, 751492629964, 751492636023, 751492640297, 7514926426043Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/pny-ssd-cs900-sell-sheet-11-26-25.pdfRead 15 October 2026UPC Code rows: 250GB 751492629940, 500GB 751492629957, 1TB 751492629964, 2TB 751492636023, 4TB 751492640297. The other UPCs come from reseller listings below7Retailer pagetecisoft.com/products/pny-cs900-8tb-2-5-sata-internal-solid-state-drive-ssd7cs9008tbrbRead 15 October 2026Tecisoft listings give the UPCs of the capacities PNY's sell sheets do not: 120GB 751492597843, 240GB 751492597867, 480GB 751492597881, 960GB 751492604183 (pages for SSD7CS900-120-RB, -240-RB, -480-RB and -960-RB) and 8TB 751492642604 (this page). All pass the UPC-A check digit
Announced
Not available
Status
Available1Maker product pagepny.com/ssd-cs900Read 15 October 2026The page sells the CS900 2.5 inch line in 2026 and PNY's current sell sheet (ver. 11-19-25) lists it
Predecessor
Not available
Successor
Not available
Launch price (US)
From $249.991Maker product pagepny.com/ssd-cs900Read 15 October 20262Maker spec sheet (PDF)content.shi.com/cms-content/accelerator/media/pdfs/pny/pny-060223-pny-ssd-cs900-datasheet.pdfRead 15 October 20263Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/pny-ssd-cs900-sell-sheet-11-26-25.pdfRead 15 October 20265Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/solid-state-drive-warranty-v01.02.2025.pdfRead 15 October 20266Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/File%20Library/Commercial/PNYPRO-CS900-Datasheet-High-Performance-Web.pdfRead 15 October 20268Spec databasegeizhals.de/1508814Read 15 October 202610Press articlenext.ink/3171/ssd-cs900-960-go-pny-annonce-flash-tlc-mais-utilise-qlcRead 21 October 202611Spec databasegeizhals.de/pny-cs900-120gb-ssd7cs900-120-pb-a1508809.htmlRead 21 October 202612Spec databasegeizhals.de/pny-cs900-240gb-ssd7cs900-240-pb-a1508812.htmlRead 21 October 202613Spec databasegeizhals.de/pny-cs900-960gb-ssd7cs900-960-pb-a1762162.htmlRead 21 October 202614Retailer pagegdm.or.jp/pressrelease/2017/0509/206272Read 21 October 202615Press articlepcper.com/2018/03/pny-adds-cs900-960gb-sata-ssd-to-budget-ssd-seriesRead 21 October 2026
Launch price (EU)
Not available
Markets
Not available
Colours
Not available
Form factor
2.5-inch1Maker product pagepny.com/ssd-cs900Read 15 October 2026Form factor row reads 2.5 inch. PNY also sells a CS900 in M.2 2280 SATA, which is a different product and is not stored here2Maker spec sheet (PDF)content.shi.com/cms-content/accelerator/media/pdfs/pny/pny-060223-pny-ssd-cs900-datasheet.pdfRead 15 October 2026Form Factor row reads 2.5-inch
Capacity
120 GB, 240 GB, 250 GB, 480 GB, 500 GB, 960 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB, 8 TB1Maker product pagepny.com/ssd-cs900Read 15 October 2026Page lists the capacities 120GB, 240GB, 250GB, 480GB, 500GB, 960GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB. A footnote says usable capacity is lower after formatting. 1TB is stored as 1000 GB and 960GB stays 9602Maker spec sheet (PDF)content.shi.com/cms-content/accelerator/media/pdfs/pny/pny-060223-pny-ssd-cs900-datasheet.pdfRead 15 October 2026Usable Capacities (IDEMA) row lists 120GB, 240GB, 250GB, 480GB, 500GB, 960GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB. This is the only PNY sheet with every capacity, since PNY's 2025 sheets list 250GB to 4TB

Interface

Interface
SATA1Maker product pagepny.com/ssd-cs900Read 15 October 2026Interface row reads SATA III 6Gb/s, backward compatible with SATA II 3Gb/s2Maker spec sheet (PDF)content.shi.com/cms-content/accelerator/media/pdfs/pny/pny-060223-pny-ssd-cs900-datasheet.pdfRead 15 October 2026Interface row reads SATA-III (6 Gb/s), backwards compatible with SATA-II
PCIe generation
Not available
PCIe lanes
Not available
NVMe version
Not available
Detachable cable
Not available

Hardware

Controller
Phison9Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/File%20Library/Support/PNY%20Products/Resource%20Center/Solid%20State%20Drives/PNY-Linecard-SSD.pdfRead 21 October 2026PNY SSD line card, PDF created March 2020. The CS900 2.5 inch SATA III rows (120GB to 1TB) list the controller as Phison with 3D NAND and name no controller model. The line card does not cover the 2TB, 4TB and 8TB. Geizhals also lists Phison for those capacities, so Phison is stored for the family. The Phison PS3111-S11 named by Next and Geizhals applies to the 120GB to 960GB drives and is not confirmed for the larger ones10Press articlenext.ink/3171/ssd-cs900-960-go-pny-annonce-flash-tlc-mais-utilise-qlcRead 21 October 2026Teardown of a 240GB and a 960GB CS900 bought in late 2019: Phison PS3111-S11-13 controller, four flash packages. Next is a French tech news site16Spec databasegeizhals.de/pny-cs900-2tb-ssd7cs900-2tb-rb-ssd7cs900-2tb-pb-a2430487.htmlRead 21 October 20262TB page: Controller row reads Phison with no model. The 4TB and 8TB pages read the same. The model is not named for these capacities
Flash type
Not available
Flash memory
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Flash layers
Not available
DRAM cache
None8Spec databasegeizhals.de/1508814Read 15 October 2026DRAM-Cache row reads nein (no). Controller row reads Phison PS3111-S11, 2 channels, embedded cache (32MB SDR). SATA has no host memory buffer, so the value is none10Press articlenext.ink/3171/ssd-cs900-960-go-pny-annonce-flash-tlc-mais-utilise-qlcRead 21 October 2026Teardown says the drive has no cache chip. The S11 controller has no external DRAM and SATA has no host memory buffer, so the value is none11Spec databasegeizhals.de/pny-cs900-120gb-ssd7cs900-120-pb-a1508809.htmlRead 21 October 2026DRAM-Cache row reads nein (no) on every CS900 capacity page, with Phison PS3111-S11 and an embedded 32MB cache named as the controller. SATA has no host memory buffer, so the value is none16Spec databasegeizhals.de/pny-cs900-2tb-ssd7cs900-2tb-rb-ssd7cs900-2tb-pb-a2430487.htmlRead 21 October 20262TB page: DRAM-Cache row reads nein (no). SATA has no host memory buffer, so the value is none
DRAM cache size
Not available
Component sides
Not available

Performance

Sequential read (claimed)
550MB/s2Maker spec sheet (PDF)content.shi.com/cms-content/accelerator/media/pdfs/pny/pny-060223-pny-ssd-cs900-datasheet.pdfRead 15 October 2026Max sequential read per capacity: 120GB 515, 240GB and 250GB 535, 480GB and 500GB 550, 960GB and 1TB 535, 2TB 550, 4TB and 8TB 560 MB/s. Footnote on PNY's sell sheets says speeds vary with host device, settings, OS and applications. No test tool is named. Base value is the 2TB model3Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/pny-ssd-cs900-sell-sheet-11-26-25.pdfRead 15 October 2026Up to 535 MB/s (250GB), 550 (500GB), 535 (1TB), 550 (2TB), 560 (4TB). Same figures as the 08-30-21 datasheet
Sequential write (claimed)
530MB/s2Maker spec sheet (PDF)content.shi.com/cms-content/accelerator/media/pdfs/pny/pny-060223-pny-ssd-cs900-datasheet.pdfRead 15 October 2026Max sequential write per capacity: 120GB 490, 240GB and 250GB 500, 480GB and 500GB 500, 960GB and 1TB 515, 2TB 530, 4TB and 8TB 540 MB/s. No test tool is named. Base value is the 2TB model3Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/pny-ssd-cs900-sell-sheet-11-26-25.pdfRead 15 October 2026Up to 500 MB/s (250GB), 500 (500GB), 515 (1TB), 530 (2TB), 540 (4TB). Footnote: speeds vary with host, settings, configuration, OS and applications
Random 4K read (claimed)
Not available
Random 4K write (claimed)
Not available

Endurance and reliability

Endurance (TBW)
540TB5Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/solid-state-drive-warranty-v01.02.2025.pdfRead 15 October 2026PNY SSD limited warranty document dated January 2025, TBW Attachment I, row 2.5 inch SATA CS900 (3 Years): 120GB 40, 240GB 100, 250GB 100, 480GB 200, 500GB 200, 960GB 450, 1TB 450, 2TB 540, 4TB 1,155 and 8TB 5,695 TB. The attachment lists a separate CS900 M.2 SATA with its own TBW. The 8TB figure is far above the trend of the smaller capacities and is stored as PNY published it. Base value is the 2TB model
MTBF or MTTF (claimed)
2,000,000h1Maker product pagepny.com/ssd-cs900Read 15 October 2026MTBF row reads 2 million hours. The sell sheets read 2,000,000 hours Mean Time Between Failures2Maker spec sheet (PDF)content.shi.com/cms-content/accelerator/media/pdfs/pny/pny-060223-pny-ssd-cs900-datasheet.pdfRead 15 October 2026Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) 2,000,000 Hours3Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/pny-ssd-cs900-sell-sheet-11-26-25.pdfRead 15 October 2026Mean Time Before Failures (MTBF) 2,000,000 Hours
Operating temperature
Min0Max70°C2Maker spec sheet (PDF)content.shi.com/cms-content/accelerator/media/pdfs/pny/pny-060223-pny-ssd-cs900-datasheet.pdfRead 15 October 2026Operating Temperature 0 C ~ 70 C. Storage -40 C ~ 85 C is not stored3Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/pny-ssd-cs900-sell-sheet-11-26-25.pdfRead 15 October 2026Operating Temperature 0 C ~ 70 C

Power

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Power while reading (claimed)
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Power while writing (claimed)
Not available
Max power consumption (claimed)
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Average power in light use (claimed)
Not available
Idle power (claimed)
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Sleep power (claimed)
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Measured

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Sequential read (measured)
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Sequential write (measured)
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Random 4K read at queue depth 1 (measured)
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Random 4K write at queue depth 1 (measured)
Not available
Write cache size (measured)
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Write speed after the cache (measured)
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3DMark Storage Benchmark
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Highest temperature under load (measured)
Not available
Idle power (measured)
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Cooling and build

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Heatsink
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RGB lighting
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Dust and water rating
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Drop test height
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Security and software

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Security
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Software
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Compatibility

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux2Maker spec sheet (PDF)content.shi.com/cms-content/accelerator/media/pdfs/pny/pny-060223-pny-ssd-cs900-datasheet.pdfRead 15 October 2026Operating Systems row: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Linux, Mac OS X, Ubuntu 14. PNY's Feb 2025 sheet adds Windows 114Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/pny-ssd-cs900-sell-sheet-.pdfRead 15 October 2026Operating Systems row: Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Linux, Mac OS X, Ubuntu 14

Dimensions and weight

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Dimensions
Length100Width70Height7mm(3.9 × 2.8 × 0.3 in)1Maker product pagepny.com/ssd-cs900Read 15 October 2026Height row reads 7mm. Length and width come from the 2019 datasheet4Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/pny-ssd-cs900-sell-sheet-.pdfRead 15 October 2026Dimensions (L x W x H) row reads 3.9 in x 2.75 in x 0.25 in, which is the rounded inch form of the 100 x 70 x 7 mm in the 2019 datasheet. The mm values are stored6Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/File%20Library/Commercial/PNYPRO-CS900-Datasheet-High-Performance-Web.pdfRead 15 October 2026PNY CS900 datasheet, 2019, for 120GB to 1TB. Dimensions (L x W x H) row reads 100 x 70 x 7 mm for all capacities on that sheet
Weight
45g(1.6 oz)2Maker spec sheet (PDF)content.shi.com/cms-content/accelerator/media/pdfs/pny/pny-060223-pny-ssd-cs900-datasheet.pdfRead 15 October 2026Weight row reads 45g. The sheet gives one weight for all capacities. A 2.5 inch case weighs far more than an M.2 drive, so the peer-median warning against M.2 drives is expected4Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/pny-ssd-cs900-sell-sheet-.pdfRead 15 October 2026PNY CS900 sell sheet ver. 02-05-25 for 250GB to 2TB. Weight row reads 45g

In the box

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Cables included
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Warranty

Manufacturer warranty (source market)
3years1Maker product pagepny.com/ssd-cs900Read 15 October 2026Page reads 3-year limited warranty or TBW. The US warranty document gives the TBW limits3Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/pny-ssd-cs900-sell-sheet-11-26-25.pdfRead 15 October 20263-Year Limited Warranty or TBW. A footnote says to see PNY's website for the warranty in your region. The base term is stored from the US warranty document5Maker spec sheet (PDF)pny.com/file%20library/company/support/product%20brochures/solid%20state%20drives/solid-state-drive-warranty-v01.02.2025.pdfRead 15 October 2026Duration column reads 3 Years for the 2.5 inch SATA CS900. Coverage ends at the term or at the TBW, whichever comes first. The document is in USD and names PNY's US service line

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Variants

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Model numberGTINLaunch price (US)CapacityFlash typeSequential read (claimed)Sequential write (claimed)Random 4K read (claimed)Random 4K write (claimed)Endurance (TBW)Power while reading (claimed)Power while writing (claimed)
SSD7CS900-120-RB751492597843Not available120 GBTLC515 MB/s490 MB/s86,000 IOPSNot available40 TB2 W2 W
SSD7CS900-240-RB751492597867Not available240 GBTLC535 MB/s500 MB/s86,000 IOPS80,000 IOPS100 TB2 W2 W
SSD7CS900-250-RB751492629940Not available250 GBTLC535 MB/s500 MB/sNot availableNot available100 TB2 W2 W
SSD7CS900-480-RB751492597881Not available480 GBTLC550 MB/s500 MB/s89,000 IOPS83,000 IOPS200 TB2 W2 W
SSD7CS900-500-RB751492629957Not available500 GBTLC550 MB/s500 MB/sNot availableNot available200 TB2 W2 W
SSD7CS900-960-RB751492604183$249.99960 GBNot available535 MB/s515 MB/s89,000 IOPS83,000 IOPS450 TB2 W2 W
SSD7CS900-1TB-RB751492629964Not available1 TBTLC535 MB/s515 MB/sNot availableNot available450 TB2 W2 W
SSD7CS900-2TB-RB751492636023Not available2 TBNot available550 MB/s530 MB/sNot availableNot available540 TBNot availableNot available
SSD7CS900-4TB-RB751492640297Not available4 TBNot available560 MB/s540 MB/sNot availableNot available1,155 TBNot availableNot available
SSD7CS900-8TB-RB751492642604Not available8 TBNot available560 MB/s540 MB/sNot availableNot available5,695 TBNot availableNot available

Sources

We read 16 sources for this SSD. The numbers match the markers in the sheet.

  1. Maker product pagepny.com/ssd-cs900
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  8. Spec databasegeizhals.de/1508814
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