Final Words & Conclusion

Final Words & Conclusion

The MP600 PRO XT is among the first drives to include a Phison E18 controller, which is one of the most advanced controllers available. The performance of this drive is noticeably superior to that of other drives, including Corsair's own MP600 and Samsungs 980 Pro. So any comparison with that drive is concluded in favor of the PRO XT without further discussion. There however is a new contender on the market, take a good look at our Plextor M10P(G) NVMe review based on that all-new Innogrit IG5236, it does make a difference. However the Corsair MP600 PRO XT outperforms other newer generation Gen4 SSDs such as Samsung's 980 PRO in our tests, and it is among the fastest SSDs we have ever tested.

Endurance

We've talked about endurance previously; it's the number of times NAND cells can be written before they begin to malfunction. It is sufficient to remark that the values for QLC written (4 bits saved in a single NAND cell) are not particularly good at it. On this point, however, I always like to paraphrase Einstein: "Relativity, my man," he said. You can improve endurance by increasing the volume of your training sessions. 98 percent of your data is stored in a 'cold' state on your SSD and does nothing, and it is only the 2 percent of data that is written that is important. Volume sizes that are larger result in more NAND cells, and more NAND cells result in greater endurance.

The XT Pro however uses TLC written NAND and our 2TB model has 1200 TB written capacity, the 2TB model has a proper 1400 TB written capacity for endurance, 700 TBW (1GB) / 1400 TBW (2TB) / 3000 TBW (4TB).As a result, our tested 2 TB SSD generates 1400TBW. Now, if a NAND cell fails, it does not necessarily indicate that your data is lost. Many algorithms are constantly monitoring and managing your data; for example, if a cell's lifetime is about to expire, the bits inside that cell will be relocated to a more healthy cell.

So How long does a 1400 TWB storage unit last before NAND flash cells go the way of the dodo? Well, if you are a really extreme user, you might be writing 50 GB per day (really normal users probably won't even write that per week), but based on that value, 50GB x 365days= 18.25 TB per year written. You get 1400 TBW, so that's almost 77 years of usage and half that for the 1TB SSD version. Let me make it very clear, 50 GB per day each day of the year is a very ambitious number.

Performance

Taken just by its performance indices, the MP600 PRO XT is among the fastest drive for mainstream trace and sustained workloads. Keep in mind that the synthetic benchmarks, in which the MP600 PRO does exceptionally well, skew the picture; in real-world testing, the MP600 PRO Xt remains one of the fastest, but the competition is close. Trace testing show excellent numbers, the random 4K IOPS in queues go through the roof. The linear performance remains great as well as sustained. The SSD managed to write linear for 38% of the drive, so to wrote at ~6200 MB/sec for roughly 700 GB continuously. That is hugely impressive. 

Concluding

For those looking for an extremely fast NVMe drive that also comes with a stylish heatsink which actually works, the MP600 PRO XT is a very good alternative.  With the debut of the MP600 Pro XT, Corsair has unveiled its new top dog With read/write speeds of around 7 and 6 GBps, the SSD delivers excellent performance and outperforms its predecessor by some margin as well.  The MP600 Pro XT's sustained write performance was bigger than we had anticipated, its endurance ratings are fine really.  It has to be said; the Corsair MP600 Pro XT is a costly SSD; measured in terms of GB that boils down to 20 cents per GB (street price), the extra money you'll pay for the MP600 Pro XT isn't really going toward the quicker performance than that of the PCIe Gen3 interface. As an alternative, it is more about enhancing your PC's cosmetic appeal, preserving brand consistency throughout your PC setup, and perhaps a little about the MP600 Pro XT higher endurance ratings than the 980 Pro and SN850. Overall, the drive is a reliable and secure PCIe 4.0 x4 option, which is especially appealing to the many die-hard Corsair enthusiasts who have flocked to it. Paired with the heatsink, the SSD temperature remains under 50 Degrees C also.  Of course, to get the best out of it, you'll need a PCIe Gen 4 infrastructure, and at the time of writing, that means a compatible Ryzen processor on, say, a B550 or X570 chipset-based platform. Intel started with PCIe gen 4.0 as well for Rocket Lake.  this SSD shivers in performance given the right conditions, and for the rest of them, on some workloads, you are down to high-end class NVMe performance. Corsair backs the storage unit with a proper five years, that or the TBW value reached.  orsair provides the drive in three different capacities: 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB, all with the standard heat sink. In case you want liquid cooling, they have the Hydro X variant available in 2TB and 4TB capacities. 

We found the Corsair MP600 Pro XT to be extremely capable in terms of performance during our testing. And there you have it; at 20 cents per GB, Corsair does offer a compelling but expensive product series. It's plenty capable for any workload you fire off at it.  The XT is a compelling option for consumers searching for a top-of-the-line Gen4 M.2 SSD at a somewhat competitive price. The XT was at or near the top of the charts in terms of performance.

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