The Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2230 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2230 form factor, launched on December 10th, 2022. It is available in capacities ranging from 256 GB to 1 TB. This page reports specifications for the 256 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2230 interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5021-E21T from Phison, a DRAM cache is not available. Sabrent has installed 176-layer TLC NAND flash on the Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2230, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are handled more quickly. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2230 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 4,650 MB/s and 1,900 MB/s write; random IO reaches 220K IOPS for read and 470K for writes.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Sabrent guarantees an endurance rating of 200 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.