ADATA XPG SX8000 NVMe (review and comparison)

[UsandThem]

So, as I was browsing NVMe drives on Newegg, I came across a ADATA XPG SX800 M.2 drive. For the 512 GB it was $229. I hadn't come across it before, so I looked for some reviews and couldn't find many.

Anandtech had launch announcement back in September (but no review):

http://www.anandtech.com/show/10717/adata-launches-xpg-sx8000-highend-m2-ssd

ADATA's link and claimed performance:

http://www.adata.com/us/ssd/feature/423

And finally, a review (and comparison) to the Plextor M8Pe, Samsung 960 PRO, and the OCZ RD400:

http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/product-adata-xpg-sx8000-512gb

It looks like with the MyDigitalSSD BPX (480 GB for $188) already out and available, ADATA is going to have to lower their prices based on the rather lackluster performance of their NVMe drives compared to the competition. For example, for only $20 more than ADATA's current price of $229, someone could buy a 960 EVO (and while not MLC) for much better performance. They could also spend $20 extra an buy the 512 GB Plextor M8PeG (heatsink version) which are currently sitting at $249 as well.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I have a couple ADATA SATA SP550's. It isn't as though the expected TBW's are stellar, but they've been good enough for the price.

I'm experimenting with a 960 EVO 250GB as a caching and acceleration disk, to see how long it takes to "use it up." The EVO has a warranty for a couple hundred or so TBW, but the issue is an expected TBW. So would it be for the ADATA. For an experiment with caching slower devices, the EVO has acceptable specs verifiable by benchmark, and just something short of Pro expectations. Unless they can make the ADATA faster, what might be a good throw-away caching disk otherwise just doesn't offer that much. They best it's good for is direct storage -- as most people would plan on using them that way.