SABRENT M.2 NVMe SSD 8TB Gen 4, Internal Solid State 7100MB/s Read, PCIe 4.0 M2 Hard Drive for Gamers, Compatible with PlayStation 5, PS5 Console, PCs, NUC Laptops and Desktops (SB-RKT4P-8TB)

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This drive has the distinction of being the world's first consumer 8TB NVMe SSD arrayed with TLC flash and the first 8TB PCIe Gen4 consumer NVMe SSD. Evaluating the SABRENT 8TB Rocket 4 Plus NVMe SSD for its value for money and overall impression draws me towards a mostly positive stance, despite some encountered drawbacks.

They have had Rocket 4 Plus capacities ranging from 500GB-4TB since before the release of this 8TB model.When it comes to benchmarking storage devices, application testing is best, and synthetic testing comes in second place. There are 8-pieces of KIOXIA BiCS5 TLC NAND flash memory on this SSD (4-on each side) and we can see that Sabrent has elected to highlight the Phison PS5018-E18 8-channel NVMe controller with its own branding. drive has lots of challenges that require tough design decisions to ensure the drive is reliable and remains within spec. The problem is that with an 8TB drive the extent of that pre-chewed capacity becomes more apparent because of the scale of it. The DRAM is labeled H5AN8G6NCJ by SK hynix - the “8G” lets us identify it as an 8Gbit or 1GB package while the “6” implies a 16-bit configuration, therefore 512M x 16b.

Like PCMark 10, SPECworkstation 3 is a trace-based benchmark, but it is designed to push the system harder by measuring workstation performance in professional applications. It may be possible to use an enclosure or adapter, but NVMe boot support on older systems is not guaranteed. Adata’s XPG SX8200 Pro and Samsung’s 970 EVO Plus gain the edge under this heavier use case, but the Rocket Q still surpasses the WD Black SN750 and outscores the 2TB Sabrent Rocket Q. While the ability to house vast quantities of data and rapid access to files can’t be understated, there are challenges.And in this latest Sabrent Rocket Q you're getting all that and blazing fast speeds with it, despite what you might think about its weak-heart memory tech. But perhaps Sabrent is best known for its penchant for pushing the capacity limits with SSDs like the 4TB Rocket, the 8TB Rocket Q, and the 16TB Thunderbolt dock that includes two 8TB SSDs.

To negate the performance issue MLC, TLC, and QLC SSDs will apportion part of the drive to be used solely as SLC for a storage action, and then transfer data into the QLC part of the drive once it's not being used.We tested Sabrent’s 8TB Rocket Q at a queue depth (QD) of 1, representing most day-to-day file accesses at various block sizes. This SSD comes with a 3-year warranty which gives an added sense of security, although, in the perfect world, I’d never have to use it. ES (Engineering Sample) drives are often not exactly the same as retail versions when they make their way to retail shelves.

It should be noted that the 8TB capacity does not use Micron B47R NAND as the rest of the line does. The folks at Sabrent have also been upfront and transparent with me in relation to technical questions and general discussions surrounding not only their drives but SSDs as a whole.But that's not really an issue with the Sabrent Rocket Q itself; it's an issue with SSDs and storage in general, thanks to a mix of overprovisioning and frustrating maths. This and the 2TB Plus-G have been my first hands-on experiences with the brand, and I have to say that I am more than pleased with the performance and reliability (so far) of both drives. As we noted before, the 8TB Rocket 4 Plus performs as a gaming SSD very similarly to E18 SSDs arrayed with 96L Micron. Yet even so, sustained performance consistency was very good in multiple runs of the benchmarks below, as well as in heavy workload usage.