Verdict and Conclusion
Adata has done a marvellous job with the XPG SX7000 SSD. It offers excellent read and write speeds and comes with an impressive 5 year warranty.
Although it didn’t reach the advertise speed of 1800MB (read)/850MB (write) … it did come pretty close. The disclaimer did say that the performance may vary, based on SSD capacity, host hardware and software, operating system, and other system variables. On average we got real-life read speeds of around 1370MB/sec with a write speed of around 825MB/sec.
The Silicon Motion controller handled data transfer pretty well, with no lag or data throttling during our stress tests at full load.
One other thing I have to mention, and that’s the temperature… during our stress tests, the Adata XPG SX7000 reached a high of 59 degrees Celsius. It may not seem high … but it’s definitely hot to touch. So I guess this is where the heatspeader comes in handy!
The small footprint and compact size of M.2/PCIE Gen3x4 SSDs are most attractive selling point, and it’s now the choice of many enthusiasts and power users, such as photo editors and video professionals.
May be the days of the 2.5″ SSDs are coming to an end, especially when a majority of motherboard manufacturers are now producing boards with M.2 connectors. Who knows huh?
Costing only around USD $120 with a 5 year warranty, the Adata XPG SX7000 is a great bargain for anyone wanting to upgrade their existing SSD … or simply use this as their boot drive for your next PC build! Buy the ADATA XPG SX7000
Pros:
- Fast read and write performance
- PCIE Gen3x4 Interface
- 3D TLC NAND Flash
- Nice XPG heatspreader
- 5 Year warranty
Cons:
- Does run quite hot – Do not remove the heatspreader!
Final Words:
If you have a motherboard with a M.2 connector that can support PCIE Gen3x4 SSDs … then why not take a look at the ADATA XPG SX7000
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256 gig is only up to 1370 read on the spec sheet. 512 gig is up to 1750.