Gigabyte Aorus NVMe Gen4 M.2 500GB PCI-Express 4.0 SSD

Aorus M.2 500GB 3D PCIE SSD utilizes cutting-edge technologies for quick system response, a seamless interface, and fast load time of applications such as games and media editing.

World First PCIe 4.0x4 Controller

The PS5016-E16 controller is the first PCIe 4.0x4 controller manufactured by the 28nm process technology.

With the latest 3D TLC NAND flash and an advanced fabrication process, PS5016-E16 is able to take advantage of ECC processing.

The PS5016-E16 also includes eight NAND channels with 32 CE targets, DDR4 DRAM caching, and a PCIe 4.0x4 interface.

In terms of features, the chip supports NVMe 1.3, LDPC error corrections, Wear Leveling, and Over-Provision technologies to enhance SSD durability and reliability.

What is PCIe 4.0?

PCI Express 4.0, or PCIe 4.0, is an interface for transmitting data on devices, such as network interface cards, graphics cards, and physical storage cards.

It is used in the PCI Express standard, which is an interface specification for peripheral component interconnect express, a serial bus for attaching legacy devices to a computer that supports PCI Express slots.

The PCI Express 4.0 interface improves data throughput, lowers the required bandwidth by about half, and doubles the link width. The PCIe 4.0 specification in version 4.0 is updated to include the use of various data transfer profiles including NVMe, HBM, and DDR4.

96 Layers 3D TLC NAND Flash Toshiba BiCS4 (800MT/s) Selected for High Performance and Quality

Toshiba BiCS4 NAND Flash optimizes circuitry and architecture by increasing layers per unit area to 96, providing more storage space per unit area.

Compared with PCIe 3.0x4 devices, AORUS NVMe Gen 4 SSDs provide significantly higher throughput.

Storage Performance Like No Other

The AORUS NVMe Gen 4 SSD comes with a new PCIe 4.0 controller that delivers blazing-fast speeds: sequential read rates of up to 5,000 MB/s and sequential write rates of up to 2,500 MB/s.

Compared with PCIe 3.0 SSDs, PCIe 4.0 SSDs perform sequential reads 40% faster.

With faster and smoother streaming, gaming, and graphics intensive rendering, prepare yourself for the next generation of computing.

Copper Thermal Solution for Outstanding Performance of PCIe 4.0 SSDs

In addition to taking into account heat transfer from the device's front and back, the Full Body Copper Heatsink also takes into account heat transfer from the controller and NAND Flash memory.

The AORUS NVMe Gen4 SSD has full copper heatsinks, which can transfer 69% more heat than aluminum heatsinks.

Design of Copper Heat Spreaders

With a copper heat spreader that has 27 fins, the surface area improves thermal transfer from heating sources, resulting in a quicker thermal balance than a plated M.2 spreader.

Further, the optimized fin array design provides excellent heat exchange regardless of the direction of airflow.

The unique design of both components makes it possible for PCIe 4.0 SSDs to keep a suitable operating temperature under ultra high data transfer rates.

Why is it so important to keep SSDs at lower temperatures?

• Loss of data may occur at higher temperatures. The degradation factor of data loss could be a hundred times greater;
• Thanks to its Copper Heat Spreaders, the AORUS NVMe Gen 4 SSD operates at lower operating temperatures, improving data storage reliability. SSDs can also deliver extreme performance for longer periods of time;

Tools for SSDs

Users will be able to gain a better understanding of how SSDs are performing along with their model names, firmware versions, health-status, and sensor temperatures in the newly updated SSD Tool Box.

With Secure Erase, users can completely erase all data.