Patriot Viper VPR100 512Gb SSD technical review
Patriot's Viper VPR100 NVMe works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 interface. More details about this SSD in our article.
Patriot Viper VPR100 512Gb use Phison PS5012-E12. This SSD has DRAM DRAM to keep a map of where data is located on the internal SSD. The Viper VPR100 comes equipped with Toshiba 3D TLC memory. NVMe SSD is offered also in 3 capacities, including 1 Tb, 2 Tb and 256 Gb.
Performance and benchmarks
Drive use PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 interface with write speeds equals to 2900 Mbps, and read speeds 3300 MB/s. This model has input/output performance 650000 on writing and 700000 on reading operations.
Endurance and warranty
Manufacturer provide 5 years warranty period limited by 1064 Total Bytes Written. The Viper VPR100 has 2 million hours mean time between failure.
Specs
| Category | Value |
| Capacity | 512 Gb |
| Interface | M.2 3.0 x 4 |
| Controller | Phison PS5012-E12 |
| Memory type | Toshiba 3D TLC |
| DRAM | DRAM |
| Read speed (Mb/s) | 3300 |
| Write speed (Mb/s) | 2900 |
| Read IOPS | 700000 |
| Write IOPS | 650000 |
| Endurance (TBW) | 1064 |
| MTBF (million hours) | 2 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Conclusion
Patriot Viper VPR100 512Gb support PCIe 3 that is twice slower than PCIe 4. The write speed is 2900 Mbps, that is pretty good for this interface. The Internal SSD can write 1064 TBW, that is quite well compared to competitors. Weighing all these factors, Patriot Viper VPR100 512Gb is a well-balanced drive.
+ Pros
- Good writing speed
- Endurance
- Cons
- PCIe 3.0
- Capacity
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