The Aorus Gen4 7000s SSD is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on January 15th, 2021. It is available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 2 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Aorus Gen4 7000s SSD interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5018-E18-41 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Aorus has installed 96-layer TLC NAND flash on the Gen4 7000s SSD, the flash chips are made by Micron. Please note that this SSD is sold in multiple variants with different NAND flash or controller, which could affect performance, the "Notes" section at the end of this page has more info. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are processed more quickly. The cache is sized at 464 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 1800 MB/s. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 1150 MB/s. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Gen4 7000s SSD is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and 6,850 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 650K for reads and 700K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 390 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Aorus guarantees an endurance rating of 1400 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.