Monday, November 27th 2017
LiteOn Intros MUX Series M.2 NVMe SSDs with Toshiba BiCS3 Flash
LiteOn today introduced the MUX line of "entry-level" M.2 PCI-Express SSDs in the M.2-2280 form-factor. Available in 128 GB and 256 GB capacities, the drives feature PCI-Express 3.0 x2 host interface, and take advantage of the NVMe protocol. They combine Phison PS5008-E8 controllers with Toshiba BiCS3 3D-TLC NAND flash memory.
The 128 GB variant offers sequential transfer rates of up to 1500 MB/s reads, with up to 450 MB/s writes; up to 91,000 IOPS 4K random reads, and up to 110,000 IOPS 4K random writes; while the 256 GB variant is slightly faster, offering up to 1600 MB/s sequential reads, up to 850 MB/s sequential writes, up to 145,000 IOPS 4K random reads, and up to 140,000 IOPS 4K random writes. Both variants are backed by 3-year warranties.
The 128 GB variant offers sequential transfer rates of up to 1500 MB/s reads, with up to 450 MB/s writes; up to 91,000 IOPS 4K random reads, and up to 110,000 IOPS 4K random writes; while the 256 GB variant is slightly faster, offering up to 1600 MB/s sequential reads, up to 850 MB/s sequential writes, up to 145,000 IOPS 4K random reads, and up to 140,000 IOPS 4K random writes. Both variants are backed by 3-year warranties.
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Just look at what they've done with Plextor in the past year. I have an M8PeG SSD and it doesn't deliver the promised numbers, but now Plextor has the M8SeG which they claimed was going to be faster (they've changed that since then), yet it under delivers in every test and it's much slower than the M8PeG. Despite this, the M8Se range is more expensive than the M8Pe range, which makes no sense.
I used to be a big Plextor fan, but Liteon is ruining the brand by delivering a lot of mediocre products.
Sure if you have an older system that still has Sata or spinner drives and you want a slight upgrade on the cheap, then go for it....
Bit otherwise, this drive is essentially worthless to everyone else IMHO...
As far as performance, reviews will tell that tale. :)Who wouldn't (look forward)?
However this fills a gap between a normal SSD limited by SATA and the super fast NVMe drives. If its priced accordingly and performs as it says.... why not?
The 256GB drive is about $110 not including tax and around $130-135 including tax in the shops where I've found it for sale.
Why would you not spend $18 more on Amazon (based on the non tax price) for a Samsung 960 EVO, or $12 less for a WD Black, or even $8.50 more for the Plextor M8Pe (which is made by the same company btw)?
Even in the same shops, you can get the Plextor M8Pe for around $30 more, including tax.
As I said, another pointless product, as you get so much of a performance reduction that it's not worth the cost difference if you're going to get an NVMe drive, unless possibly it's for a notebook and this uses a lot less power.
Note to the news poster, it's called the MU X, not the MUX - www.liteonssd.com/en/PRODUCT/CONSUMER-PCIE-M2/item/PCIE-M2/MU-X-MSATA.html
Apparently I, like the author here, didn't search for it. ;)
That said, no news outlet has pricing and I cannot find it in a cursory search.. can you link where you found the pricing? :)
Tom's did a performance preview with an early sample:
Full review here: www.tomshardware.co.uk/phison-e8-nvme-ssd,review-34071-2.html
Yeah, it's beating the 600p and WD Black across the board.
Don't forget that PCI-E 3.0 2x can do 1.97 GB/s. 4x is just a marketing gimmick on most drives.