PNY CS2150 2TB M.2 SSD
Here you will find a detailed speed, performance and benchmark test review. Tested was the M.2 NVMe SSD CS2150 with 2TB (M280CS2150-2TB-TB) from the brand PNY.
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| Manufacturer | PNY |
| Model number | M280CS2150-2TB-TB |
| Capacity | 2048 GB (1863 GiB) |
| pSLC cache | 360 GB approx. |
| Read speed | 10300 MB/s |
| Write speed | 8600 MB/s |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Connector | M.2 2280 |
| Memory module (NAND) | TLC |
| DRAM cache | No |
| TBW (Total Bytes Written) | 1200 terabyte |
| Warranty | 5 Years |
| Controller | Phison PS5031-E31T |
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v0.393a OS: 10.0 build 26200 Drive : 0(NVME) Driver : W10(0:3) Model : PNY CS2150 2TB SSD Fw : CS215000 HMB : 65536 - 65536 KB (Enabled, 64 M) Size : 1907729 MB [2000.4 GB] LBA Size: 512 AdminCmd: 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x04 0x05 0x06 0x08 0x09 0x0A 0x0C 0x10 0x11 0x14 0x80 0x81 0x82 0x84 0xD0 0xD1 0xD2 0xE0 0xE1 0xE2 I/O Cmd : 0x00 0x01 0x02 0x04 0x09 Firmware lock supported [03 01] [P001] [0100] Handshake error: -1 Read_System_Info_5012 error: -1 Drive state [00 00] F/W : EVFM00.0 00 Read_Infoblock_5013 error: -1 Get_Flash_Info_5013 error: -1 Controller : PS5031-E31 Nand vendor : (0x0) Clk : 0-0-0-0-0 Flash CE : 0 Flash Channel : 0 Interleave : 0 Flash CE Mask : [-------- -------- -------- --------] ?Die per CE : 0 ?Block per CE : 0 ?Page perBlock: 0 ?Plane number : 0 ?Bit Per Cell : 0 ?PE CycleLimit: 0 ParPage : 00
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 10239 points was achieved.
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 05 March 2026 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 |
4,491.05 MB/s |
0.51 s |
| Program typical program folder with many small files |
1,146.24 MB/s |
6.14 s |
| Game a game folder with small and large files |
2,392.28 MB/s |
2.89 s |
Compression performance test
Here, speed is measured depending on how compressible the data is.
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: 10300 MB/s and 8600 MB/s) the PNY SSD is measured.
| CDM | Read [MB/s] | Write [MB/s] |
|---|---|---|
| SEQ1M Q8T1 |
10,395.40 |
8,866.77 |
| SEQ1M Q1T1 |
5,037.73 |
7,474.16 |
| RND4K Q32T16 |
5,328.35 |
3,400.34 |
| RND4K Q1T1 |
74.06 |
230.88 |
IOPS (Input/Output operations per second)
| CDM | Read [IOPS] | Write [IOPS] |
|---|---|---|
| SEQ1M Q8T1 |
9,913.90 |
8,456.00 |
| SEQ1M Q1T1 |
4,804.30 |
7,127.90 |
| RND4K Q32T16 |
1,300,870.00 |
830,161.00 |
| RND4K Q1T1 |
18,081.30 |
56,368.20 |
Average latency
| CDM | Read [µs] | Write [µs] |
|---|---|---|
| SEQ1M Q8T1 |
805.50 |
942.58 |
| SEQ1M Q1T1 |
207.91 |
140.12 |
| RND4K Q32T16 |
380.98 |
614.51 |
| RND4K Q1T1 |
55.20 |
17.66 |
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 400 GB was written to the medium. After approx. 360 GB, the cache was full and performance was throttled.
The test file could at least be read with an average read speed of 6,368 MB/s and written at 7,602 MB/s.
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.
smartctl: Supported Power States & LBA Sizes
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Number: PNY CS2150 2TB SSD Serial Number: PNY25232506030100033 Firmware Version: CS215000 PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID: 0x1987 IEEE OUI Identifier: 0x6479a7 Controller ID: 0 NVMe Version: 2.0 Number of Namespaces: 1 Namespace 1 Size/Capacity: 2.000.398.934.016 [2,00 TB] Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size: 512 Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64: 6479a7 a9dc000001 Local Time is: Thu Mar 05 14:03:35 2026 MZ Firmware Updates (0x12): 1 Slot, no Reset required Optional Admin Commands (0x0017): Security Format Frmw_DL Self_Test Optional NVM Commands (0x0056): Wr_Unc DS_Mngmt Sav/Sel_Feat Timestmp Log Page Attributes (0x3e): Cmd_Eff_Lg Ext_Get_Lg Telmtry_Lg Pers_Ev_Lg Log0_FISE_MI Maximum Data Transfer Size: 64 Pages Warning Comp. Temp. Threshold: 83 Celsius Critical Comp. Temp. Threshold: 85 Celsius Supported Power States St Op Max Active Idle RL RT WL WT Ent_Lat Ex_Lat 0 + 5.90W - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 + 4.00W - - 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 + 2.50W - - 2 2 2 2 0 0 3 - 0.0500W - - 3 3 3 3 1500 2500 4 - 0.0035W - - 4 4 4 4 5000 40000 Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1) Id Fmt Data Metadt Rel_Perf 0 + 512 0 1 1 - 4096 0 0
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