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Excludes sibling models and other generations."},{"id":"gtins","label":"GTIN / EAN","group":"General","type":"list","compare":false,"item":"text","variant":true},{"id":"announce_date","label":"Announced","group":"General","type":"date","help":"The maker's first announcement of this model. This is separate from first retail availability."},{"id":"status","label":"Status","group":"General","type":"enum","options":{"available":"Available","discontinued":"Discontinued","cancelled":"Cancelled"}},{"id":"predecessor","label":"Predecessor","group":"General","type":"product","compare":false,"help":"The model this one directly replaced, in the same line, tier and size, as the maker or a trusted review names it."},{"id":"successor","label":"Successor","group":"General","type":"product","compare":false,"help":"The model that directly replaced this one, in the same line, tier and size. A revision such as a Slim or OLED model does not count when a next generation exists."},{"id":"launch_price_usd","label":"Launch price (US)","group":"General","type":"number","unit":"USD","variant":true,"help":"The maker's US launch MSRP for the stated configuration, excluding tax. Current store prices and later discounts do not qualify."},{"id":"launch_price_eur","label":"Launch price (EU)","group":"General","type":"number","unit":"EUR","variant":true,"help":"The maker's euro launch price for the stated configuration, including VAT as published. Current store prices and later discounts do not qualify."},{"id":"markets","label":"Markets","group":"General","type":"list","item":"text","variant":true,"help":"ISO country or region codes where this exact model or variant is sold. A source page's language does not establish availability."},{"id":"colors","label":"Colours","group":"General","type":"list","item":"text","variant":true,"help":"The maker's own colour names"},{"id":"manufacturer_url","label":"Product page","group":"Links","type":"url","compare":false},{"id":"spec_sheet_url","label":"Spec sheet","group":"Links","type":"url","compare":false},{"id":"manual_url","label":"Manual","group":"Links","type":"url","compare":false},{"id":"eprel_registration_number","label":"EPREL registration number","group":"Links","type":"text","compare":false,"variant":true,"help":"Id in the EU energy label database. Each size or model of a series has its own id, so it is per variant."},{"id":"warranty_years","label":"Manufacturer warranty (source market)","group":"Warranty","type":"number","unit":"years","help":"The maker's warranty period for the exact SKU or configuration and market named in the source note. It applies only to that stated market, not every regional variant. Statutory consumer rights are excluded. The base term is stored. An extension that needs registration goes in the source note."},{"id":"form_factor","label":"Form factor","group":"General","type":"enum","options":{"m2_2230":"M.2 2230","m2_2242":"M.2 2242","m2_2280":"M.2 2280","m2_22110":"M.2 22110","2_5_inch":"2.5-inch","xbox_expansion_card":"Xbox expansion card","external":"External"},"help":"Physical size of the drive. External is any drive in its own case that connects by cable. A drive sold in two M.2 lengths is two products. Xbox expansion card is a card for the storage expansion slot of an Xbox Series console."},{"id":"storage_gb","label":"Capacity","group":"General","type":"list","item":"integer","unit":"GB","variant":true,"help":"Nominal capacity before formatting, in decimal GB. A published 1 TB is 1000 GB. A published 1024GB stays 1024. The marketed capacity is stored, not a raw or usable figure from the same table, such as OWC's 2048 GB total and 1920 GB usable for a 2.0TB drive."},{"id":"interface","label":"Interface","group":"Interface","type":"enum","options":{"pcie_nvme":"PCIe NVMe","sata":"SATA","usb_3_2_gen_1":"USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)","usb_3_2_gen_2":"USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps)","usb_3_2_gen_2x2":"USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps)","usb4":"USB4","thunderbolt_3":"Thunderbolt 3","thunderbolt_4":"Thunderbolt 4","thunderbolt_5":"Thunderbolt 5"},"help":"Fastest host connection the drive is rated for. The PCIe generation of an NVMe drive is its own field. A Thunderbolt drive that also works over USB uses its Thunderbolt version."},{"id":"pcie_gen","label":"PCIe generation","group":"Interface","type":"integer","help":"Highest PCIe generation the drive supports, e.g. 5 for PCIe 5.0. NVMe drives only. 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The bridge chip goes in the source note."},{"id":"nand_type","label":"Flash type","group":"Hardware","type":"enum","options":{"tlc":"TLC","qlc":"QLC","other":"Other"},"help":"Bits stored in each flash cell. TLC stores three and QLC stores four. A maker can use another flash type in some capacities, so it is per variant.","variant":true},{"id":"nand_flash","label":"Flash memory","group":"Hardware","type":"text","variant":true,"filter":"contains","help":"Flash maker and generation as named by the maker or a review."},{"id":"nand_layers","label":"Flash layers","group":"Hardware","type":"integer","variant":true,"help":"Stacked layers of the 3D flash, from the maker or a review."},{"id":"dram_cache","label":"DRAM cache","group":"Hardware","type":"enum","options":{"dram":"DRAM","hmb":"None, uses host memory (HMB)","dramless":"None, HMB not stated","none":"None"},"help":"DRAM is a memory chip on the drive. HMB is a drive without DRAM that borrows host memory. None has neither. HMB not stated is a drive without DRAM where no source says whether it borrows host memory. An external drive counts when a source names the cache of the drive inside."},{"id":"dram_cache_gb","label":"DRAM cache size","group":"Hardware","type":"number","unit":"GB","variant":true,"help":"Size of the DRAM on the drive. Any DRAM type counts, such as DDR4 or LPDDR4X. Host memory buffer (HMB) is not DRAM on the drive."},{"id":"pcb_sides","label":"Component sides","group":"Hardware","type":"enum","variant":true,"options":{"single_sided":"Single-sided","double_sided":"Double-sided"},"help":"Whether chips sit on one or both sides of the board. Thin laptops and some handhelds need single-sided drives. M.2 drives only. The M.2 module code states it: S is single-sided and D is double-sided, e.g. 2280-S3-M or 2280-D5-M."},{"id":"seq_read_mbs","label":"Sequential read (claimed)","group":"Performance","type":"integer","unit":"MB/s","variant":true,"short_label":"Read speed","help":"Maker's up-to sequential read speed for this capacity. Test conditions are in the source note."},{"id":"seq_write_mbs","label":"Sequential write (claimed)","group":"Performance","type":"integer","unit":"MB/s","variant":true,"short_label":"Write speed","help":"Maker's up-to sequential write speed for this capacity. Makers usually measure it inside the fast write cache."},{"id":"random_read_iops","label":"Random 4K read (claimed)","group":"Performance","type":"integer","unit":"IOPS","variant":true,"help":"Maker's up-to random read speed with 4 KB blocks. Queue depth and threads are in the source note. The maker's headline claim. Makers test at different queue depths, so compare with care. The queue depth 1 measured fields compare better."},{"id":"random_write_iops","label":"Random 4K write (claimed)","group":"Performance","type":"integer","unit":"IOPS","variant":true,"help":"Maker's up-to random write speed with 4 KB blocks. Queue depth and threads are in the source note. The maker's headline claim. Makers test at different queue depths, so compare with care. The queue depth 1 measured fields compare better."},{"id":"endurance_tbw","label":"Endurance (TBW)","group":"Endurance and reliability","type":"integer","unit":"TB","variant":true,"help":"Terabytes that can be written within the warranty, as the maker rates them."},{"id":"mtbf_h","label":"MTBF or MTTF (claimed)","group":"Endurance and reliability","type":"integer","unit":"h","variant":true,"help":"Mean time between failures, or mean time to failure when the maker publishes MTTF. The source note says which. Some makers state it per capacity, so it is per variant."},{"id":"operating_temperature_c","label":"Operating temperature","group":"Endurance and reliability","type":"object","properties":[{"id":"min_c","label":"Min","type":"number","unit":"°C"},{"id":"max_c","label":"Max","type":"number","unit":"°C"}],"help":"Maker's operating range. The storage range is not stored."},{"id":"power_consumption_read_w","label":"Power while reading (claimed)","group":"Power","type":"number","unit":"W","variant":true,"help":"Maker's average power during sequential reads, including a figure given at the full read speed. A single average or active figure with no read and write split, such as Corsair's, is stored in both read and write, and the source note says so. A maximum figure, such as Kingston's (MAX) Read, is a peak and is not stored."},{"id":"power_consumption_write_w","label":"Power while writing (claimed)","group":"Power","type":"number","unit":"W","variant":true,"help":"Maker's average power during sequential writes. A single average or active figure with no read and write split is stored in both read and write, and the source note says so. A maximum figure, such as Kingston's (MAX) Write, is a peak and is not stored."},{"id":"power_consumption_max_w","label":"Max power consumption (claimed)","group":"Power","type":"number","unit":"W","variant":true,"help":"Maker's peak or maximum power figure. Not the average while reading or writing. Kingston publishes max read and max write power apart. Store the higher one and name both in the source note."},{"id":"power_consumption_average_mw","label":"Average power in light use (claimed)","group":"Power","type":"number","unit":"mW","variant":true,"help":"Maker's average over a mixed client workload such as MobileMark. Not idle power and not read or write power."},{"id":"power_consumption_idle_mw","label":"Idle power (claimed)","group":"Power","type":"number","unit":"mW","variant":true,"help":"Maker's idle power in the PS3 state with APST on, or the state the maker calls low-power idle. On a SATA drive, Slumber counts as low-power idle. A plain idle figure with no low-power state, often near 1 W, is active idle and is not stored. Samsung's Idle with DIPM on is a SATA link power state, so it counts as low-power idle."},{"id":"power_consumption_sleep_mw","label":"Sleep power (claimed)","group":"Power","type":"number","unit":"mW","variant":true,"help":"Maker's power in the deepest sleep state, PS4 or L1.2. On a SATA drive this is DevSleep."},{"id":"measured_seq_read_mbs","label":"Sequential read (measured)","group":"Measured","type":"integer","unit":"MB/s","variant":true,"help":"CrystalDiskMark SEQ1M Q8T1 read result from a reviewer. Host and slot are in the source note. KitGuru's default profile counts as SEQ1M Q8T1."},{"id":"measured_seq_write_mbs","label":"Sequential write (measured)","group":"Measured","type":"integer","unit":"MB/s","variant":true,"help":"CrystalDiskMark SEQ1M Q8T1 write result from a reviewer. Host and slot are in the source note."},{"id":"measured_random_read_q1_mbs","label":"Random 4K read at queue depth 1 (measured)","group":"Measured","type":"number","unit":"MB/s","variant":true,"help":"CrystalDiskMark RND4K Q1T1 read result from a reviewer. Small reads one at a time, close to everyday use. KitGuru's 4K QD1 1 Thread test counts as RND4K Q1T1. 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The slower folding state and the lowest dip are not stored. Only from a long sequential write test."},{"id":"benchmark_3dmark_storage","label":"3DMark Storage Benchmark","group":"Measured","type":"integer","unit":"points","variant":true,"help":"Overall score measured by a reviewer. Host and slot are in the source note. From StorageReview only. Tom's Hardware scores the same drive about 30 percent higher, so other reviewers are not mixed in."},{"id":"measured_max_temp_c","label":"Highest temperature under load (measured)","group":"Measured","type":"number","unit":"°C","variant":true,"help":"Highest drive sensor reading in a sustained write test of 10 minutes or more, on the bare drive unless the row is a heatsink version. Short benchmark runs do not count. Heatsink, airflow and room temperature go in the source note."},{"id":"measured_power_idle_mw","label":"Idle power (measured)","group":"Measured","type":"number","unit":"mW","variant":true,"help":"Reviewer's idle reading. 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ATA Security passthrough counts as password protection."},{"id":"software_name","label":"Software","group":"Security and software","type":"text"},{"id":"compatible_platforms","label":"Platforms","group":"Compatibility","type":"list","item":"enum","options":{"pc":"PC (no OS named)","windows":"Windows","macos":"macOS","linux":"Linux","chromeos":"ChromeOS","android":"Android","ios":"iOS","ipados":"iPadOS","ps4":"PS4","ps5":"PS5","xbox_one":"Xbox One","xbox_series":"Xbox Series X|S","other":"Other"},"help":"Platforms the maker names for this drive. A PS5 needs a heatsink on an internal drive. PC is for a maker that writes Client PCs or PC without naming an operating system. 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