PNY CS2150 1TB M.2 SSD

Here you will find a detailed speed, performance and benchmark test review. Tested was the M.2 NVMe SSD CS2150 with 1TB (M280CS2150-1TB-TB) from the brand PNY.

Performance score 
9623
Price/GB
0.18 $
Read
10,200 MB/s
Write
8,300 MB/s
Connector
M.2 2280
Interface
PCIe 5.0 x4
Technical specifications (manufacturer information)
Product image Product image CS2150
Manufacturer PNY  
Model number M280CS2150-1TB-TB
Capacity 1024 GB (931 GiB)
pSLC cache 208 GB approx.
Read speed 10200 MB/s
Write speed 8300 MB/s
Interface PCIe 5.0 x4
Connector M.2 2280
Memory module (NAND) TLC
DRAM cache No
TBW (Total Bytes Written) 600 terabyte
Controller Phison PS5031-E31T
  Current price
~ 189 $
(= 0.18 $ / GB)
Compare product Compared to the test winner*
Read speed
69 %
Write speed
59 %
*) Test result rated by AS SSD score within the same capacity.

We put the PNY 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 9623 points was achieved.

AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: PNY CS2150 1TB
AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
7,969.24 MB/s
7,252.38 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
65.96 MB/s
200.39 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
2,056.25 MB/s
4,321.50 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
0.027 ms
0.106 ms
Score
2919
5247
Total score 
9623

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 30 June 2025 shows performance during simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: PNY CS2150 1TB
AS SSD Copy Benchmark Transfer rate: Duration:
ISO
two large files
3,785.36 MB/s
0.61 s
Program
typical program folder with many small files
1,278.86 MB/s
5.50 s
Game
a game folder with small and large files
2,489.04 MB/s
2.78 s

Compression performance test

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

AS SSD TEST: PNY CS2150 1TB

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are carried out here and the write and read speed (manufacturer: 10200 MB/s and 8300 MB/s) the PNY SSD is determined.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: PNY CS2150 1TB
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
10,292.50
8,266.98
SEQ1M
Q1T1
5,051.51
7,071.53
RND4K
Q32T16
5,227.48
3,834.82
RND4K
Q1T1
76.44
242.78

IOPS (Input/Output operations per second)

CDM Read [IOPS] Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
9,815.70
7,884.00
SEQ1M
Q1T1
4,817.50
6,743.90
RND4K
Q32T16
1,276,240.00
936,235.00
RND4K
Q1T1
18,663.10
59,273.20

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
814.35
1,013.37
SEQ1M
Q1T1
207.44
148.00
RND4K
Q32T16
397.22
545.08
RND4K
Q1T1
53.49
16.79

HD Tune Pro long-term test

A long-term test was performed to fully utilize the storage. You can see from when a possible cache is full and write performance drops.

HD Tune endurance test TEST: PNY CS2150 1TB

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written to the PNY 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: PNY CS2150 1TB


You can find information about the test system at the bottom of the homepage.
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