I was searching and comparing several NVMe M.2 SDDs for a while: WD Black, Samsung EVO, HP EX920 among others and just stumbled upon this ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB. The price and specifications were just too good to pass up. Also ADATA has been in the game for a while and was recommended by a close friend, so they had that going for them. I was initially drawn to XPG's GAMMIX S11 Pro model, but the heatsink on that... I wasn't sure if it would fit in my laptop. I decided to get two of the SX8200 Pro 1TB as it is essentially the same drive, but without the "cool" looking heatsink. Anyways, I popped open my Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme and stuck the slim heatsink that came with this drive on (applying the heatsink is optional). No issues. Fired up Macrium Reflect to clone the factory Intel M.2 drive and I was off to the races. I'm running Windows 10 Professional and it is noticeably faster than what I had. Time will tell how this performs on a daily basis with my video editing and light gaming.
This easily, hands down, has to be the most competitive pro NVMe on the market. I was initially looking at the ADATA XPG Gammix S11 because I wanted a heatsink on my NVMe drive just in case there was thermal throttling. I was also considering Samsung's 970 EVO and 960 Pro, in case they went on sale and could get great performance for cheaper. I stumbled upon this as a product preview and saw the performance figures and compared them to the Samsung drive and I was blown away. If I'm remembering correctly, the major difference between the Samsung drives is that they had a longer TB Written endurance. By no means is the ADATA one a bad endurance, its just less.
While this is my first NVMe drive in a build for me (let alone my first PC built by me), I am super satisfied by this purchase. The price is super competitive and is an amazing drive. I would HIGHLY recommend people get this drive before it rises in price from demand.
Edit:
Attached are the CrystalDiskMark results based on this drive. I had already had several things installed on the drive, so that might impact the performance. Also, your motherboard chipset makes a big difference as well. I'm on an AMD B450 from MSI. From what I understand, X470 and B450 M.2 NVME drives connect directly to the CPU, while on certain Intel chipsets, they go through the chipset, which in turn throttles some of the performance. I'm still very impressed with the performance and will not be removing any stars.
Well, just look at the attached photo. 3500/3000 read/write as advertised (1TB model). At this price, how can anyone compete? We'll see how long it lasts, but this was a fantastic replacement for my high-end laptop's POS junk OEM "Lite-On 128GB nVME".
Note that laptop benchmarks were lower; I put this in my desktop to get a maximum figure from CrystalDisk.
I did stick the heat spreader on because, in my laptop, it has to make contact with a plate for heat dissipation, and I removed the OEM crappy silicone-feeling sticky 'thermal pad' and replaced it with AS5. Wondering if perhaps I should've done that on the inside of the ADATA plate too.
FYI: this benchmarks much higher than the sister product, the Gammix S11, but ADATA just announced a 'Pro' version of that one too. We'll see how it is.
For now, at this price (215 presently), you really can't beat it for a 1TB drive. Buy this one, not the S11 or XPG non-Pro.
While this SSD is a little hard to find it is 100% a jewel worth looking for. Thankful Amazon had this in stock and shipped the same day. I am running this on a new X470 build with the Ryzen X2700. This replaced an Evo 970 500gb due to space. The 970 kept selling out so in my searching I found a few reviews and benchmarks on this drive. I am so happy I went this direction. Way to go ADATA!!!!!!
Have bought both the standard 8200 and 8200 Pro versions of these ADATA NVMe, loved using the standard version until I tried this Pro version...the small increase in read speed is nice...but the huge increase in write speed is awesome.
Both the 8200 and 8200 Pro are fantastic , but with such a small increase in price...this Pro version is my new go to NVMe for both performance and price...you wont be disappointed.
Feature Product
- Ultra-Fast PCIe NVMe Gen3x4 Interface
- Sequential read/write speed up to 3500/3000 MB/s, *Performance may vary based on system hardware & configuration
- Ideal for intense 3D animation, rendering, video and photo editing, and other intense applications
- 5 year *Pie M. 2 2280 is not compatible with SATA M. 2 2280, Please check your system spec before purchasing
- Interface: PCIe NVMe Gen3x4. Please check your motherboard manual and make sure your motherboard's M.2 slot supports PCIe NVMe or M Key with NVMe. This SSD is not compatible with Mac. Additional parts may be required to use on Mac system.
Description
"Faster and Better – Flawless Editing XPG SX8200Pro Pie M. 2 2280 Solid State Drive is our newest addition to our Pie SSD family. SX8200Pro features 2nd Gen. 64-layer 3D NAND technology and ultra-fast Pie Gen3x4 interface, offering sustained peak R/W speeds of 3500/3000MB per second, 6 times faster than traditional 2. 5 inch SATA III 6Gb/s SSDs. With NV ME 1. 3 qualified, SX8200Pro delivers superior 4K Random (IOPS) speed up to 390K/380K , making it ideal for 3D mold building, data analysis, graphic and video editing, gaming, and other demanding applications. Additionally, SX8200Pro also features SLC Caching, DRAM Cache Buffer, E2E Data Protection, and LDPC (Low density parity check) ECC technologies to ensure the integrity of your data under every heavy task. And to further protect your data, SX8200 also supports AES 256-bit encryption, RAID Engine, and Data Shaping. Longer for a Happy Owner Experience Backed by 5 year , SX8200Pro offers exceptional durability and data security, boasting an endurance rating of up to 640 TBW (terabytes written) *TBW varies by capacity. SX8200Pro Specifications - Capacity : 256GB/512GB/1TB/2TB - Form Factor : M. 2 2280 - NAND Flash : 2nd Generation 64-layer 3D NAND - Interface : Pie Gen3x4 - Sequential R/W : up to 3500/3000 MB per second* - 4K Random Speed : up to 390K/380K IOPS - MTBF : 2, 000, 000 hours - : 5 years *Pie M. 2 2280 is not compatible with SATA M. 2 2280, please check your system spec before purchasing. Performance and IOPS varies depending on SSD capacities"
I replaced my prior Intel NVME drive from 3 years ago with this one. I still use Windows 7 and had to install two Microsoft hotfixes to get my computer to recognize the drive. After that I cloned the old drive to this one and it appears to be working fine and feels faster. My Crystal Disk speed numbers of 3,325/2947 (read/write) are right in line with the Adata claim of 3,500/3,300. Buyers need to remember that speed results are highly dependent on specific hardware setup, which NVME storage controller is used and which Windows version you have.
The one drawback I can point to is that Adata's SSD toolbox is very limited under Windows 7 and they have no plans to fix it. The main problem is SMART data not being reported and the temperature reading is totally incorrect. I was used to Samsung's toolbox which is very refined so by comparison Adata's toolbox is second rate. I took one star off for this deficiency.
In this purchase I chose Adata's lower cost over Samsung's reputation and software because performance for this ssd is quite similar to that of the Samsung 970 Pro. Adata's XPG SX8200 Pro is very new so time will tell if I made the right choice to save some money.
This ADATA SX8200 Pro is The Best NVMe SSD on the market today. Competitors have slightly higher performance at high queue depth but what really matters is the Low queue depth performance for normal PC usage. This NVMe SSD has OUTSTANDING LOW QUEUE DEPTH PERFORMANCE, class leading today. You will feel this drive faster than the majority of drives on ths market today. This is the perfect NVMe SSD since it has no weaknesses. Amazing performance, very good endurance rating, 5 years warranty and good support from ADATA. It comes with a very stylish heatsink that during my testing did reduce the temperature by 11 degrees. Is really good and to me this is the Best NVMe on the market today.
To provide further detail: I removed the stock 240 GB drive and installed this 1TB ADATA SDD into the TEKQ Rapide Thunderbolt 3 SSD NVMe TLC external enclosure. First day of ownership, I copied 66 GB of data to it with max speed of 390 GB (might be limitations of my LG gram with stock SATA SSD). I then ran Crystal Disk and included the screenshot to give an idea of speeds.
Performs as expected highest rate above 3.0GBs
No problem !!!
Five stars!!!
I see complains about the performance of the device in other reviews.
The data transfer speed depends not only from the NVM device but from the rest of the system as well.
Mainly from PCIe bus.
There is some explanation for Gen.3x4 which determines the data transfer speed.
Gen2 = 5gb\s (b-bits)
Gen3 = 8gb\s
The x1 x2 x3 x4 is the # of lanes used.
8gb\s x2 = 16gb\s
8gb\s x4 = 32gb\s
32gb\s gives you approximately 4GB.
Make sure that the rest of the system(mainly PCIe bus) complies with Gen3x4.
One more clue :
The M.2_2 socket shares PCIe clock with PCIe x1_1. When PCIe x1_1 or PCIe x1_3 is occupied, the M.2_2 socket can only support SATA mode.
This is true for ASUS Prime 470 Pro with Ryzen 5 2nd generation.
I use it as a system/boot disk on Window 10 Pro machine.
This drive is an amazing deal! I have the 1TB model and I paid $214. Once the price gets under $190 or so I'm going to buy three more. I paired this with an Asus quad NVME card, $60 or so on Amazon (with only one drive installed at the moment) and I installed several operating systems: macOS, Windows, Ubuntu. Everything happens at lightning speed, you can't even see your keystrokes anymore! It's incredible. Seriously though, it does 3GB/s. I tested it every which way I could. 1TB @ $214 doing 3GB/s in Dec2018 is where it's at. I clocked it doing over 3GB/s, but that's about where it tops out. Will buy more! Now when does 40Gb ethernet become affordable....
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