Corsair Accidentally Reveals MP700 PCIe 5.0 SSD, Running at 10 GB/s

[AleksandarK]

Corsair has teased its fastest PCIe 5.0 SSD yet in an M.2 form factor. The company published some initial details about its upcoming product in a short video. However, the video has been taken private, indicating that the launch date may be at a later stage of the year. Thanks to Overclock3D, we saw its looks and got a slight peek at the product. Called the MP700, the SSD is supposedly boasting a fantastic 10 GB/s read capability. The write section is also impressive, with the NVMe SSD capable of reaching around 9 GB/s of what we suppose is a sustained write speed. It uses 3D TLC NAND Flash and supports Microsoft DirectStorage technology for faster load time. Below is a quote from Corsair about the MP700.

Experience the performance of PCIe Gen5 storage in your system, with up to 10,000MB/sec sequential read and 9,500MB/sec sequential write speeds for amazingly fast save, boot, and load times.
The high-bandwidth NVMe 2.0 interface and high-density 3D TLC NAND flash memory offer outstanding performance and longevity. Slot the MP700 directly into your motherboard thanks to its M.2 2280 form-factor, while a stylish aluminum heatsink helps manage temperatures and reduce throttling. Microsoft DirectStorage enables unprecedented load times when playing compatible games.

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[jesdals]

Hmm those next gen comes with a lot of cooling

 

[dgianstefani]

Now show me those 4K/512B results, you know, the one programs and system files are actually the size of.

Optane goes brrrrrrrrr

 

[AnotherReader]

Now show me those 4K/512B results, you know, the one programs and system files are actually the size of.

Optane goes brrrrrrrrr

NAND, by its nature, will never approach those numbers.

 

[TheDeeGee]

10 GB/s @ 10K RPM.

 

[dgianstefani]

10 GB/s @ 10K RPM.

You can tell how fast you're transferring those sequential files by the jet engine noises.

 

[Metroid]

They dont even show random performance anymore, if they do then nobody will buy them anymore, pathetic. Sequential increase is good as long as random performance also increases a little bit over every gen, this random performance has been the same since 2010.

 

[AnotherReader]

They dont even show random performance anymore, if they do then nobody will buy them anymore, pathetic. Sequential increase is good as long as random performance also increases a little bit over every gen, this random performance has been the same since 2010.

They really can't do anything about it without sacrificing density significantly. NAND hit its limits a long time ago and current NAND is actually larger than the last generation of pre-3D NAND.

 

[TumbleGeorge]

Now show me those 4K/512B results

990 Pro increase read speed up to 117MB/s. Has more than 15 other models with 100MB/s and above but 0 which that even see Optane-like speeds on the horizon.

 

[AnotherReader]

990 Pro increase read speed up to 117MB/s. Has more than 15 other models with 100MB/s and above but 0 which that even see Optane-like speeds on the horizon.

It really depends upon the review. Depending upon the review, I've seen figures as low as 80 MB/s.

 

[Ownedtbh]

am i missing something?
PCIe 3 = 3,5~
PCIe 4 = 7~
PCIe 5 = 10 ?

it seems to be lower than it should be, or is it just the first to be that fast?

 

[dgianstefani]

am i missing something?
PCIe 3 = 3,5~
PCIe 4 = 7~
PCIe 5 = 10 ?

it seems to be lower than it should be, or is it just the first to be that fast?

It's the first.

Plus it's a borderline meaningless number anyway because very few workloads will leverage sequential speeds where it would matter if you were transferring at four or ten gigabytes per second.

Do you spend all day copying Bluray rips from one drive to another? Perfect - grab a PCIe 5.0 drive.

 

[Makaveli]

It's the first.

Plus it's a borderline meaningless number anyway because very few workloads will leverage sequential speeds where it would matter if you were transferring at four or ten gigabytes per second.

Do you spend all day copying Bluray rips from one drive to another? Perfect - grab a PCIe 5.0 drive.

This!

First Gen PCI e 4.0 drivers were 5 then it increased to 7

I think I've seen one PCI e 5.0 drive doing 12 but then you have to start worrying about active cooling etc.

 

[AnotherReader]

am i missing something?
PCIe 3 = 3,5~
PCIe 4 = 7~
PCIe 5 = 10 ?

it seems to be lower than it should be, or is it just the first to be that fast?

It's probably because of the controller. The first PCIe 4.0 drives struggled to break the 5 GB/s mark.

 

[Super XP]

PCIe 5? We just got PCIe 4 going, this industry is moving quick. Anyhow I am quite happy with my new WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X NVMe 1TB addition. Plenty fast.

 

[ExcuseMeWtf]

"Accidentally" LMAO

 

[TumbleGeorge]

It really depends upon the review. Depending upon the review, I've seen figures as low as 80 MB/s.

Testbed with i9-13900KS

 

[AnotherReader]

Testbed with i9-13900KS

The processor shouldn't matter and Tweaktown's results aren't reproduced by anyone else. Anandtech used to break out random reads by working set size. That was useful and helped to mitigate effects of the pSLC cache.

 

[TumbleGeorge]

The processor shouldn't matter and Tweaktown's results aren't reproduced by anyone else.

Maybe they has secret weapons to achieve clean laboratory maximum numbers.

 

[AnotherReader]

Maybe they has secret weapons to achieve clean laboratory maximum numbers.

I suspect that their workload is small enough to be satisfied by the pSLC cache. This is from Anandtech's review of the SN850. The SN850 also exceeds 100 MB/s when the working set is small, but random read performance decreases to 71 MB/s when the workload exercises the whole drive.

 

[HairyLobsters]

Seems like Gen 5 NVMe drives need a new formfactor.

 

[P4-630]

I'm fine with PCIe 4.0 NVMe drives.
I don't need more speed or heat...

 

[A&P211]

You can tell how fast you're transferring those sequential files by the jet engine noises.

I dont need to hear any more jet engine noises. At work I already hear the sounds of jet engines in the cockpit of a A320.

 

[TheLostSwede]

am i missing something?
PCIe 3 = 3,5~
PCIe 4 = 7~
PCIe 5 = 10 ?

it seems to be lower than it should be, or is it just the first to be that fast?

It's a combination of not dense enough NAND flash and first gen controllers.
Once the "next gen" of NAND arrives in mass production, 12k should be doable quite easily with the same controllers and some companies have already demoed it.
However, with everyone scaling back NAND production at the moment, it's likely that the cuttinge edge NAND is what will end up being put on the back burner.

 

[Tomgang]

Hmm all ready have 3 Samsung 980 pro and don't need faster ssd or can use gen 5 any way.

But I wunder if that thing in the middle, is a small fan. Early on, rumors said gen 5 ssd might need active cooling.