guru3d MSI To release two super fast NVMe SSDs - Gen 4x4 and Read and Writes up-to 7000 MB/s

[bonami2]

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MSI is keen to redefine the GAMING SSD and lands in the NAND arena with a bang. The two upcoming SSDs have been designed to deliver storage up to 4TB, read speeds up to 7000 MB/s, and write speeds up to 6900 MB/s. 

Source: https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-to-release-two-super-fast-nvme-ssds-gen-4x4-and-read-and-writes-up-to-7000-mbs.html

[ENTERPRISE]

Blimey, that is nice. I wonder at what point though you start to see diminishing returns. Those are seriously fast, but would you notice it in real world load times over the other Gen 4 NVMe drives.

[bonami2]

6 minutes ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Blimey, that is nice. I wonder at what point though you start to see diminishing returns. Those are seriously fast, but would you notice it in real world load times over the other Gen 4 NVMe drives.

Cpu and ram performance will probably bottleneck performance before those drive do.

[ENTERPRISE]

7 hours ago, bonami2 said:

Cpu and ram performance will probably bottleneck performance before those drive do.

 

Yeah I was considering that when writing my reply, eventually there will come a point when other hardware becomes the limiting factor...remember when drives were the slowest thing in the PC...oh the days lol.

[J7SC_Orion]

7 hours ago, bonami2 said:

Source: https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-to-release-two-super-fast-nvme-ssds-gen-4x4-and-read-and-writes-up-to-7000-mbs.html

  

...this makes me feel like a dog staring at a plate full of TLC bacon !  My current fav is the recently-announced  Intel Optane P5800X (PCIe 4, U.2), but if MSI's similar performance claims hold, lots of money to be saved to buy more bacon  

[KyadCK]

Sequentials mean nothing, and MSI didn't feel like sharing any other specs.

 

Not getting my hopes up.

[J7SC_Orion]

...yeah, that's why I wrote 'if MSI's performance claims hold'. Obviously, this is (virtual) CES 2021 marketing, not solid real world testing. Still, per linked article 'NAND used is TLC (3-bits per cell), and MSI will offer up to 4 TB versions'.

 

Time for @ENTERPRISE/ EHW to secure some for extensive testing !

[tictoc]

More speed is always a good thing, but for everyday user systems the benefits are pretty much nonexistent.  PCIe 4.0 SSDs have been pretty underwhelming for really any workload.  Hopefully the updated controllers will change that for the next round of SSD launches.

Edited January 15, 2021 by tictoc

[ENTERPRISE]

18 hours ago, J7SC_Orion said:

...yeah, that's why I wrote 'if MSI's performance claims hold'. Obviously, this is (virtual) CES 2021 marketing, not solid real world testing. Still, per linked article 'NAND used is TLC (3-bits per cell), and MSI will offer up to 4 TB versions'.

 

Time for @ENTERPRISE/ EHW to secure some for extensive testing !

 

We are possibly getting some, but a Corsair variant, that being said, I will approach MSI to see if we can get our hands on them for glorious review.

[xlen]

On 1/14/2021 at 11:50 AM, ENTERPRISE said:

Blimey, that is nice. I wonder at what point though you start to see diminishing returns. Those are seriously fast, but would you notice it in real world load times over the other Gen 4 NVMe drives.

We already see diminishing returns with gen 3 NVMe drives, gen 4 are more niche, there will be use for them in mainstream when storage streaming will properly develop for gaming, but we are at least 3-5 years away from that.