PNY releases XLR8 CS3030 NVME SSD with proper TBW values and perf
PNY announced the NVMe M.2 SSD “XLR8 CS3030” that uses TLC NAND flash in capacities from 250GB to 1TB. The new units support high-speed transfer of 3,500 MB / sec for reading and 3,000 MB / sec for writing
The MTBF reaches 2 million hours with this one (which says absolutely nothing really), the write endurance is listed at a proper 380TBW for 250GB, 800TBW for 500GB, and 1,665TBW for 1TB model, the product is provided with a 5-year long-term warranty.
In addition, we notice high-speed data transfer of sequential reading 3,500MB / sec, writing 3,000MB / sec (500GB model 2,000MB / sec, 250GB model 1,050MB / sec). Form factor is M.2 2280, body size is W22 × L80 × H2 mm, weight 6.6 g. The OS supports Windows 10/8/7, and supports features such as TRIM, SMART, Secure Erase, and ECC error correction.
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About 3000MB for 8GB and went down to 1200MB for 32GB.
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Those are still pretty good numbers
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Things are moving in a really nice direction for SSDs. Nice write speeds on that drive too.
I spent about the same amount, almost half the going rate at the time, on my 960 EVO 1TB a year or so back and very happy with it

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So far the only two brands that offer 5 year and 1600+TBW are:
Corsair MP510 and the BPX Pro and is priced at $149.99 USD.
The other brands that use the Phison E12 reference that has 3 year warranty and 600TBW as their endurance rating comes around $139-$119 (Inland Premium @ Microcenter).
Two days ago I was doing some reserch, based on Amazon USA and newegg, they all offer 5-years waranty
Corsair MP510, Phison E12 controller + Toshiba’s BiCS3 TLC NAND, 5-Year waranty, Write: 3000MB/s and Read: 3500MB/s
Corsair MP510 2Tb: 319$
Corsair MP510 1Tb: 149$
Sabrent Rocket, Phison E12 controller + Toshiba’s BiCS 3D TLC NAND, 5-Year warranty after registration on site , Write: 3000 MB/s and Read: 3450MB/s
Sabrent Rocket 2TB: 299$
Sabrent Rocket 1Tb: 134$
addlink S70, Phison E12 controller, 5-Year Warranty, Read: 3500MB/s and Write: 3000MB/s
addlink S70 2TB: 329$
addlink S70 1Tb: 134$
MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro, Phison E12 controller + Toshiba’s BiCS 3D TLC NAND, 5-Year warranty, Write 3100MB/s and Read 3500MB/s
MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 2Tb: 329$
MyDigitalSSD BPX Pro 1TB: 149$
HP EX950, Silicon Motion SM2262EN Controller + Micron 64L TLC NAND, 5-years warranty, Write: 2900MB/s and Read: 3500MB/s
HP EX950 2TB:319$
HP EX950 1TB:159$
Silicon Power P34A80, Phison E12 controller + Toshiba’s BiCS3 TLC NAND, 5-Year warranty, Write: 3000MB/s and Read: 3200MB/s
2TB: TBA
1TB: 129$
Intel 660, Silicon Motion 2263 Controller + Intel/Micron 64-layer 3D QLC NAND, with 5-year warranty, Write:1800MB/s and Read 1800MB/s
1TB: 110USD
2TB: 199USD
Crucial P1, Silicon Motion 2263 Controller + Intel/Micron 64-layer 3D QLC NAND, Just like Intels QLC drive this one is also for Gaming/Storage but more Gaming, it uses more DRAM cache then Intel, 1GB DDR3 per 1TB of NAND, Intel uses 256MB DDR3 cache regardless of NAND size Write: 1700MB/s and Read: 2000MB/s
1TB: 129$
2TB: TBA
Mushkin Enhanced Pilot, SMI SM2262 controller, 3-Year warranty, Write 1755MB/s and Read 2710MB/s
Mushkin Pilot 2TB: 354$
Mushkin Pilot 1TB: 135$
Corsair MP300 (Entry level), Phison PS5008-E8 Controller + Toshiba’s BiCS3 TLC NAND, PCIe x2, 5-Year Warranty, Write: 1080 and Read: 1600MB/s
1TB: 124$
480GB: 75$
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@UZ7 try a bigger file size instead of the 1GB. Longer sustained writes is what's interesting, especially when working with large video files