AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB Spanish Review – Next Generation Storage
AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB Spanish Review – Next Generation Storage
We have under review our first PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD storage, AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB. This is the first time we've embarked on testing this type of storage on our benchmark, which will be a bit different by requiring the bandwidth offered by PCIe Gen 5 to reach advertised speeds.
The AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB comes on loan from AORUS LATAM and my opinion is not tied under any contract or exclusivity.
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AORUS Gen5 10000 2TB SSD – Specifications
solid state drive AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB comes with controller Phison PS5026-E26, one of the only controllers available using PCI Gen 5 to the consumer at this time. The AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB comes with cache, Hynix LPDDR4 and uses TSMC 12nm manufacturing process. Furthermore, the processor uses an Arm Cortex-R5 dual CPU architecture as the brain of the controller.
The 2TB edition uses the NAND Flash chips Micron 232L TLC and offers read speeds of up to 10,000 MB/s and 9,500 MB/s write. AORUS also advertises up to 1,400,000 random read IOPS and 1,500,000 random write IOPS.
The AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB comes with a additional heatsink in case you don't want to use the heatsink that came with the motherboard or if your motherboard doesn't have a heatsink for M.2 storage.
The price of this product in the United States is US$340 American dollars and an approximate in Peru de US$ 450 American dollars.
The drive is warranted for 5 years or 1400TBW (terabytes written) for its 2TB edition.
Unboxing and tearing down – AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB
Benchmarks – Storage
Contrary to what most think, the benchmarks storage are mostly synthetic and do not reflect the performance in real life, since the type of use given by each user varies.
Does not exist "a single test” that can replicate real use, but they exist to give a reference of the possible performance of the product under test.
PCMark 10 (Storage Benchmark) is the "most faithful" test among all on which we will base the real performance of a storage device for daily use, although it does not simulate all possible scenarios.
For the average gamer public, this test is the one that resembles everyday use.
We have added/updated some benchmarks for our SSD suite, such as FFXIV Demo loading time and CDM 8 new version update among others.
Here is the list of benchmarks we will use:
-CrystalDiskMark8
-ATTO Disk Benchmark
-AS SSD Benchmark
-Anvil Storage Utilities
-HAHA VIDEO
-Black Magic Disk Tester
-FFXIV Demo- Loading Time
-PCMark10 (Storage Benchmark)
-3DMark Storage Benchmark
Benchmark (for storage reviews)
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X3D (https://amzn.to/41zHkuI)
Motherboard: X670E AORUS XTREME (BIOS F8a) (https://amzn.to/3LtEamH)
RAM: G.Skill Flare X5 Series (AMD Expo) 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5 6000 CL36-36-36-96 (https://amzn.to/3L4QQ1V)
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition (https://amzn.to/3oE155C)
SSD: AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB <– What we are testing, connected directly to the CPU line ()
SSD OS: Predator GM7000 1TB NVMe SSD <– Via chipset
Closed Loop Liquid Cooling: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 (https://amzn.to/3AnaD7P)
Power supply: EVGA P2 750W Platinum (https://amzn.to/3L4jxvU)
Operating system: Windows 11 Home 22H2 (Win Game Mode On, RSB On, HAGS ON, Core Isolation-OFF).
CrystalDisk Mark 8
CrystalDiskMark has received an update and we are in the version 8. Like any new iteration of CDM, making comparisons with previous versions may be invalid in most cases. With CDM8, in addition to the standardized test, they have added new test profiles for NVMe SSDs. We are using that profile for this benchmark test.
ACT Disk Benchmark
AS SSD benchmark
Anvil Storage Utilities
AHA VIDEO
Black Magic Disk Tester
FFXIV Demo - Loading Time
PCMark10 (Storage Benchmark)
PCMark10 it is the closest test to what an average user can do in real life. PCMark 10 Full Storage has several traces of different types of usage, such as OS loads, Adobe loads, games, file copying, and more. We will be looking at each of these results in more detail.
It also offers a final score, bandwidth (MB/s) y latency (µs). This quiz takes about an hour and I will do three strokes per activity (23 categories, 69 quizzes total).
3DMark Storage Benchmark
Temperatures
The stress test we use to measure temperatures is a torture test using CrystalDisk Mark 8 for an extended period of time. We then take the highest temperature during the test and check the ambient temperature as well.
For this unit, we tested with the heatsink that comes with the board. X670E AORUS XTREME, which has generous dimensions.
AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB | |
(Maximum temperature) Degrees Celsius | |
With motherboard M.2 heatsink | 75 |
Final analysis – New level of performance at a high price
Like any new technology, the entry cost of being novel is high and the AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB is no exception. With an introductory price of US$340 American dollarsIt will be something that will make more than one think before buying. Also keep in mind that you must have a motherboard and processor that supports PCIe Gen 5 either by chipset or directly by CPU lanes, something that currently means an additional investment.
It's not all bad, as this new product brings new levels of performance thanks to the Phison E26 controller and is the first commercially available SSD with PCIe Gen 5.
The read and write speeds exceed those offered by PCIe Gen 4. In terms of temperatures, using the motherboard's heatsink (X670E AORUS XTREME) the controller reached the temperature limit in the torture test. It did drop some performance, but this means that if the controller is heavily stressed, it will reach its peak point, where it will start to drop performance.
For gaming, the improvements are minimal compared to what the best PCIe Gen 4 storage offers, even though the controller is optimized for Microsoft DirectStorage. People who will value this type of storage are content creators who require reading or writing to the SSD for productivity, making this product very exclusive to a very small audience. The other public that may be interested are those who pay for the best of the best... In other words, having the best motherboard, the best processor, the best video card and of course, the best storage.
The main problem is that other manufacturers are releasing their PCIe Gen 5 SSDs using the same controller and NAND memory at a lower cost (US$50 less) so we hope that AORUS will eventually adjust its prices to compete with similar products.
On the other hand, we imagine that during Computex 2023 new products will be released offering higher speeds using PCIe Gen 5, although this is still a bit of speculation (although it is consistent with the natural order of new product life cycles).
Final Score - AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB
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Economical performance
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Temperatures
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Warranty
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Price
Overall
Summary
El AORUS Gen5 10000 SSD 2TB is a solid state drive with cache using the latest generation of PCIe Gen5. It offers a new level of performance, but being a new technology, it comes with a fairly high price, making it a niche product. You have our recommendation. if the wallet is not an inconvenience.
Pros
-First storage using PCIe Gen 5 shows the best performance on the market so far.
-Warranty and high TBW.
-Included heatsink in case you don't have one on the motherboard.
Cons
-Speed improvements will only be appreciated by users who want the best of the best or use it for professional/arduous tasks.
-Requires having a motherboard and processor that offer PCIe Gen 5 and the price of the product is high (there are already alternatives from competitors at a lower price).
-It is the first storage using PCIe Gen 5. Better drivers should be available soon.
