MSI Spatium M450 1Tb NVMe tech review

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Raymond Chen

MSI's Spatium M450 NVMe SSD use PCIe M.2 4.0 x 4 interface. Read below about this NVMe on this site.

Spatium M450 (1Tb) produced by MSI use Phison E19T controller. The NVMe write a data location map on Dynamic-Random Access Memory HMB to open a files without delays. The Spatium M450 comes equipped with TLC memory. This drive is offered also in 500 Gb and 250 Gb capacities.

Performance and benchmarks

SSD works on PCIe M.2 4.0 x 4 bus with maximum read speeds 3600 Mbps, and write speeds 3000 MB/s. Spatium M450 has IOPS 550000 on writing and 420000 on reading operations per second.

Endurance and warranty

Manufacturer provide 5-year warranty that limited by endurance 600 Total Bytes Written.

Specs

Category	Value
Capacity	1 Tb
Interface	M.2 4.0 x 4
Controller	Phison E19T
Memory type	TLC
DRAM	HMB
Read speed (Mb/s)	3600
Write speed (Mb/s)	3000
Read IOPS	420000
Write IOPS	550000
Endurance (TBW)	600
MTBF (million hours)	n/a
Warranty (years)	5

Conclusion

Spatium M450 (1Tb) produced by MSI support PCIe 4 that is twice faster than PCIe Gen3. The maximum write speed is 3000 Mb/s, that is slower than has most of competitors. The MSI Spatium M450 has endurance 600 TBW, that is not very much in comparison with closest rivals. On balance, MSI Spatium M450 1Tb is a well-rounded SSD.

+ Pros

PCIe 4.0
Capacity

- Cons

Slow writing speed
Writing speed

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FAQ

The MSI Spatium M450 has HMB. Which means that the storage uses the system's RAM for its own operations. Dynamic Random-Access Memory makes storage work faster, but also more expensive.

The MSI Spatium M450 due to the low density of memory chips can operate with no additional heat sinks. Some motherboards already has thermal pads above and below the storage to improve performance during high loads.

The MSI Spatium M450 1Tb has write speed 3000 Mb per second, read speed 3600 Mb/s. SSD run on Phison E19T controller and M.2 4.0 x 4 interface standard. The NAND flash memory type is TLC.