SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB Storage

SK Hynix Gold P31 1TB

Brand
SK Hynix
Model
Gold P31 1TB

SK hynix Gold P31 1TB is a DRAM‑equipped PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD launched Aug 18, 2020, ideal as a cool, efficient boot or game drive.

Storage performance rankTop 4% of storage drives
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ReleasedAug 2020
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Capacity1 TB
TypeSSD
InterfacePCIe
Read speed3500 MB/s
Write speed3200 MB/s
Form factorM.2
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Product overview

Released on 2020-08-18, the SK hynix Gold P31 1TB is a PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD in the Gold P31 family, built around SK hynix’s in‑house controller and 128‑layer TLC NAND. It remains available on the manufacturer’s site. By our storage scale it’s a budget-tier NVMe option: a top‑of‑Gen3 drive that exists for users who want cool, very power‑efficient storage without paying for Gen4 bandwidth. With a DRAM cache and rated up to 3,500/3,200 MB/s, its single‑sided 1TB design is well‑suited as a boot drive and game library in desktops and laptops. Endurance for the 1TB model is rated at 750 TBW, sufficient for everyday workloads and light editing scratch. Notably, the Gold P31 was the first consumer SSD to ship with 128‑layer NAND.

Best for
  • boot drive
  • game library
  • budget upgrade
  • video-editing scratch
Official product specifications

Specifications

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Current modelCatalog models
Capacity1 TB
Higher than 7% of storage drives
Read speed3500 MB/s
Higher than 80% of storage drives
Capacity
1 TB
Type
SSD
Read speed
3500 MB/s
Write speed
3200 MB/s
Form factor
M.2
Hardware Interface
PCIe 3.0 x4
Data Transfer Rate
8000 Mb/s
Interface
PCIe
Tdp
8 W
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