Corsair MP600 2Tb NVMe technical review

Posted on November 07, 2022 by Raymond Chen

Corsair's MP600 NVMe works on PCIe M.2 4.0 x 4 bus. More details about this NVMe SSD on this site.

Corsair's 2Tb MP600 NVMe SSD use Phison PS5016-E16 controller. This drive has DRAM SK Hynix 1GB - 2GB DDR4 for mapping data, located on the NVMe SSD. The MP600 comes equipped with Toshiba 3D TLC memory. Internal SSD is offered also in 1 Tb volume sizes.

Performance and benchmarks

SSD use PCIe M.2 4.0 x 4 interface with maximum read speeds 4950 Mbps, and write speeds 4250 MB/s. This model has input/output performance 600000 on writing and 680000 on reading operations.

Endurance and warranty

Manufacturer give 5 years of warranty limited by endurance 3600 Total Bytes Written. The MP600 has 1.8 million hours MTBF.

Specs

Category	Value
Capacity	2 Tb
Interface	M.2 4.0 x 4
Controller	Phison PS5016-E16
Memory type	Toshiba 3D TLC
DRAM	SK Hynix 1GB - 2GB DDR4
Read speed (Mb/s)	4950
Write speed (Mb/s)	4250
Read IOPS	680000
Write IOPS	600000
Endurance (TBW)	3600
MTBF (million hours)	1.8
Warranty (years)	5

Conclusion

MP600 (2Tb) produced by Corsair may work on PCIe 4 that is significantly faster than PCIe 3. The sequential write speed is 4250 Mbps, that is pretty good for this expansion standard. The Corsair MP600 has endurance 3600 TBW, that is pretty well against competitors. Weighing all these factors, our editor recommend to buy Corsair MP600 2Tb for your PC.

+ Pros

Good writing speed
PCIe 4.0
Capacity
Endurance

- Cons

None

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FAQ

The Corsair MP600 has SK Hynix 1GB - 2GB DDR4. DRAM in their controller help to increase endurance and IOPS.

The Corsair MP600 2Tb due to the high density of memory chips requires installation of additional heat sink. It will reduce temperature of the memory chips and controller. Some motherboards designed with additional cooling above and below the SSD to improve performance during heavy loads.

The Corsair MP600 has write speed 4250 Mb/s, sequential read speed 4950 Mb/s. NVMe works on Phison PS5016-E16 controller and M.2 4.0 x 4 interface standard. The NAND memory type is Toshiba 3D TLC.