Jesper Berg
The Spatium M570 from MSI is the manufacturer’s first SSD to harness the PCIe 5.0 (Gen5) interface, which offers double the bandwidth over PCIe 4.0. It is also one of the first Gen5 SSDs altogether, and like all others of its kind, it incorporates the Phison PS5026-E26 controller and Micron’s 232-layer TLC NAND.
Specifications
| MSI Spatium M570 Specifications | 1TB | 2TB |
|---|---|---|
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface/ Protocol | PCIe 5.0 x4/ NVMe 2.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4/ NVMe 2.0 |
| Controller | Phison E26 | Phison E26 |
| DRAM | 2GB LPDDR4 | 4GB LPDDR4 |
| Memory | 232-layer TLC (1600 MT/s) | 232-layer TLC (1600 MT/s) |
| Sequential Read | 9,500 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Sequential Write | 8,500 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Random Read | 1.3M IOPS | 1.4M IOPS |
| Random Write | 1.5M IOPS | 1.5M IOPS |
| Active Power | 10 W | 11 W |
| Endurance | 700 TBW | 1,400 TBW |
| Warranty | 5-Year | 5-Year |
| MSRP | N/A | N/A |
MSI’s Spatium M570 will initially be available in two capacities, 1 TB and 2 TB. Like the other drives in the initial Gen5 SSD lineup, it is equipped with Phison’s E26 controller and Micron’s 232-layer TLC NAND. The 2 TB capacity can reach 10,000 MB/s in terms of both sequential read and write speeds, while the 1 TB model is a bit slower, reaching 9,500 MB/s reads and 8,500 MB/s writes.
When it comes to random IOPS – a more important factor for consumer workloads and user experience – the 2 TB MSI Spatium M570 tops out at 1.7M IOPS (read) and 1.5M IOPS (write), while the 1TB model is again slightly behind at 1.6M/1.3M read/write IOPS.
Since the hardware platform is virtually identical, it is not surprising that the M570’s performance specs align closely with competitors such as the Inland TD510, Corsair MP700, and Aorus Gen5 10000. In all cases, sequential performance is significantly higher than what any SSD using four lanes of PCIe 4.0 bandwidth is able to reach (roughly 7,500 MB/s for high-end M.2 drives from the previous generation).
Random performance is however not so different from Gen4 performance leaders like the Samsung 990 Pro., but they are clearly still some of the best SSDs around in 2023 as far as raw performance goes.
It is worth noting that the E26 controller is capable of even higher speeds than 10,000 MB/s sequentially. Early Gen5 SSDs use Micron NAND running at 1,600 MT/s or 2,000 MT/s, but faster versions of these chips can operate at up to 2,400 MT/s. For example, the T700 SSD from Crucial (a Micron subsidiary) reaches 12,400 MB/s by using faster NAND.
Another similarity with the aforementioned competitors is that the MSI Spatium M570 uses large amounts of LPDDR4 DRAM memory to boost performance – 2GB and 4GB for the 1 TB and 2 TB capacities, respectively.
Endurance ratings are also on par with the competition at 700 TBW (1TB) and 1,400 TBW (2TB).
Power and Cooling
The two varieties of the Spatium M570 are rated at 10 Watts (1TB) to 11 Watts (2TB). This power specification, which is much higher than the average Gen4 SSD, is reflected in the cooling solutions used by MSI and other Gen5 SSD manufacturers.
MSI’s Spatium M570 does not use a fan like the Inland TD510 but has opted for a proprietary heatsink that is somewhat smaller compared to the massive (relative to the size of the drive) Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 10000. Some Phison E26-based Gen5 SSDs ship without a cooling solution, but users are then expected to provide their own – or at the very least use one of the heat spreaders which is now supplied with most Gen5-enabled motherboards.
MSRPs for the 1TB and 2TB Spatium M570 have not been made official but will likely be competitive with the competitors, priced around $170 for 1TB and $290 for 2TB.
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