Intenso Premium 500GB M.2 SSD

Here you will find a detailed speed, performance and benchmark test review. Tested was the M.2 NVMe SSD Premium with 500GB (3835450) from the brand Intenso.

Performance score 
2163
Price/GB
0.27 $
Read
2,100 MB/s
 Write
1,700 MB/s
Connector
M.2 2280
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x4
Technical specifications (manufacturer information)
Product image Product image Premium
Manufacturer Intenso  
Model number 3835450
Capacity 500 GB (466 GiB)
pSLC cache 130 GB approx.
Read speed 2100 MB/s
Write speed 1700 MB/s
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Connector M.2 2280
Memory module (NAND) TLC
DRAM cache No
TBW (Total Bytes Written) 300 terabyte
Warranty 2 Years
Controller Silicon Motion SM2263XT

Product
Score
Price
  Current price
~ 136 $
(= 0.27 $ / GB)
Compare product Compared to the test winner*
Read speed
58 %
Write speed
48 %
*) Test result rated by AS SSD score within the same capacity.
v0.272a
OS: 10.0 build 19045 
Drive     : 0(NVME)
Scsi      : 2
Driver    : W10
Model     : Intenso SSD NVME                        
Fw        : V0714C0 
HMB       : 32768 - 65536 KB (Enabled, 64 M)
Size      : 476940 MB [500.1 GB]
LBA Size  : 512
AdminCmd  : 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x04 0x05 0x06 0x08 0x09 0x0A 0x0C 0x10 0x11 0x14 0x80 0x81 0x82 0xC0 0xC1 0xC2
I/O Cmd   : 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x05 0x09
Controller:  [SM2263XT] bufferless
Bank00: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank01: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank02: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank03: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank08: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank09: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank10: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Bank11: 0x2c,0xc3,0x8,0x32,0xea,0x30,0x0,0x0 - Micron 176L(B47R) TLC 512Gb/CE 512Gb/die
Channel: 4
CE     : 2
Plane  : 4
Die/Ce : 1
Ch map : 0x0F
CE map : 0x05
Bit Per Cell  : (TLC)
Inter.        : 2
Pages/Block   : 2112(704)
First Fblock  :    1
Total Fblock  :  552
Total Hblock  : 7453
Fblock Per Ce :  552
Fblock Per Die:  552
Original Spare Block Count :    23
Vendor Marked Bad Block    :     0
Bad Block From Pretest     :    17

We put the Intenso NVMe M.2 SSD through a detailed test. You can find the test result / test report here:


AS SSD Benchmark

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed with a 5 GB file. A total score of 2163 points was achieved.

AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Intenso Premium 500GB M.2 SSD
AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
1,960.76 MB/s
1,510.15 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
43.37 MB/s
155.12 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
630.75 MB/s
552.87 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
0.021 ms
0.661 ms
Score
870
859
Total score 
2163

Copy performance test

A common everyday scenario is simulated here. Three test folders are created:

  • ISO (folder with two large files)
  • Program (folder with many small files)
  • Game (folder with small and large files)

The three folders are copied using the Windows copy command (cache remains enabled). The real-world test from 15 April 2024 shows performance during simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: Intenso Premium 500GB M.2 SSD
AS SSD Copy Benchmark Transfer rate: Duration:
ISO
two large files
1,668.09 MB/s
1.38 s
Program
typical program folder with many small files
1,151.80 MB/s
6.11 s
Game
a game folder with small and large files
1,532.12 MB/s
4.51 s

Compression performance test

Here, speed is measured depending on how compressible the data is.

AS SSD TEST: Intenso Premium 500GB M.2 SSD

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are carried out here and the write and read speed (manufacturer specs: 2100 MB/s and 1700 MB/s) the Intenso SSD is measured.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: Intenso Premium 500GB M.2 SSD
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
2,135.59
1,612.93
SEQ1M
Q1T1
1,843.71
1,587.22
RND4K
Q32T16
431.87
657.35
RND4K
Q1T1
42.43
172.70

IOPS (Input/Output operations per second)

CDM Read [IOPS] Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
2,036.70
1,538.20
SEQ1M
Q1T1
1,758.30
1,513.70
RND4K
Q32T16
105,436.00
160,485.00
RND4K
Q1T1
10,358.20
42,164.10

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
3,925.20
5,189.86
SEQ1M
Q1T1
568.46
660.08
RND4K
Q32T16
4,848.35
3,187.54
RND4K
Q1T1
96.35
23.56

HD Tune Pro long-term test

A long-term test was performed to fully utilize the storage. You can see at what point the cache (if present) becomes full and write performance drops. A test file of 200 GB was written to the medium. After approx. 130 GB, the cache was full and performance was throttled.
The test file could at least be read with an average read speed of 1,764 MB/s and written at 620 MB/s.

HD Tune endurance test TEST: Intenso Premium 500GB M.2 SSD

HD Tune Pro Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 5 GB file to the Intenso NVMe M.2 SSD. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The measured access time and burst rate are also shown.

HD Tune TEST: Intenso Premium 500GB M.2 SSD

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written to the Intenso NVMe M.2 SSD multiple times. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster writing and reading usually becomes.

ATTO Disk Benchmark TEST: Intenso Premium 500GB M.2 SSD

SSD-Z Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the Intenso NVMe M.2 SSD here. The transfer data is displayed. The more consistent the line, the better. Unfortunately, the tool no longer works correctly from around 4,000 MB/s and no line is displayed (and sometimes incorrect min/max data is shown).

SSD-Z TEST: Intenso Premium 500GB M.2 SSD


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