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.
| Technical specifications (manufacturer information) | |
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| 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 |
We put the PNY NVMe M.2 SSD through a detailed test. You can find the test result / test report here:
The standard test was performed with a 5 GB file. A total score of 9623 points was achieved.
A common everyday scenario is simulated here. Three test folders are created:
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 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 |
Here, speed is measured depending on how compressible the data is.
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.

| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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.
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.

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