Asura Genesis Xtreme 2Tb SSD tech review

Posted on November 07, 2022 by Raymond Chen

Asura's Genesis Xtreme SSD works on PCIe 3.0 x 4 expansion standard. Read below about this NVMe SSD on our page.

Asura Genesis Xtreme 2Tb SSD tech review

Asura Genesis Xtreme 2Tb is powered by Phison PS5012-E12. The Genesis Xtreme comes equipped with Toshiba TLC memory. Asura Genesis Xtreme also available in three capacities: 512 Gb, 1 Tb and 256 Gb volume sizes.

Performance and benchmarks

Storage use PCIe PCIe 3.0 x 4 with sequential write speeds equals to 3000 MB/s, and read speeds 3400 Mbps. It also has input/output performance 645000 on writing and 645000 on reading operations.

Endurance and warranty

Asura provide 7-year warranty. The Genesis Xtreme has 1.8 million hours mean time between failure.

Specs

Category	Value
Capacity	2 Tb
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x 4
Controller	Phison PS5012-E12
Memory type	Toshiba TLC
DRAM	n/a
Read speed (Mb/s)	3400
Write speed (Mb/s)	3000
Read IOPS	645000
Write IOPS	645000
Endurance (TBW)	n/a
MTBF (million hours)	1.8
Warranty (years)	7

Conclusion

Genesis Xtreme (2Tb) produced by Asura use previous bus standard that is undoubtedly slower than PCIe 4.0. The write speed is 3000 Mb/s, that is average value for this computer expansion bus standard. On balance, our site recommend to buy Asura Genesis Xtreme 2Tb for your PC.

+ Pros

Good writing speed
Capacity

- Cons

PCIe 3.0

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FAQ

The Asura Genesis Xtreme is DRAMless drive or information about it is unknown. Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) makes drive faster, but also more expensive.

The Asura Genesis Xtreme due to the high density of memory chips you need to install of additional heat sink. This decrease temperature of the controller and memory. Some motherboards or laptops designed with thermal pads above or below the drive to enhance productivity during times of high loads.

The Asura Genesis Xtreme 2Tb has maximum write speed 3000 Mb per second, maximum read speed 3400 Mb per second. SSD works on Phison PS5012-E12 controller and PCIe 3.0 x 4 high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard. The memory type is Toshiba TLC.