It may be a little late, but the first crop of PCIe 5.0 SSDs have finally arrived at retailers. The Inland TD510 was one of the first affordable models available, and its leading-edge performance of 10 GB/s sequential read throughput and 1.5 million random read IOPS is a testament to what we can expect from the new wave of drives. A good indicator.
The Inland TD510 offers unprecedented bandwidth in compatible systems and overall performance is excellent. The heatsink is adequate, but it comes with a barely effective fan. This basic reference design matches Inland’s no-frills approach to SSDs. There is no additional software support, but the warranty is extended for his one year. The TD510 is good for early adopters, but faster PCIe 5.0 drives are coming later this year. Let’s see how the Inland TD510 performs in our test suite.
specification
| product | 2TB |
|---|---|
| price | $279.99 |
| form factor | M.2 2280 |
| interface/protocol | PCIe5.0×4 |
| controller | Phison E26 |
| DRAM | DDR4 |
| flash memory | 232 layer micron TLC |
| Sequential read | 10,000MBps |
| Sequential write | 9,500MBps |
| random read | 1,500K |
| random write | 1,250K |
| safety | none |
| Endurance (TBW) | 1,400TB |
| part number | – |
| guarantee | 6 years |
The Inland TD510 is currently only available in 2 TB capacity, which is a perfectly reasonable amount of storage. I wish there was a 4TB option, but the 2TB is very cost effective and retails for $279.99 normally and at review. That’s better than high-end PCIe 4.0 SSDs, but still competitive with the new crop of 5.0 drives.
The drive can pull out up to 10,000 / 9,500 MBps in sequential read/write throughput and 1,500K / 1,250K in random read/write IOPS. This is the lowest among 5.0 SSDs, but still higher than PCIe 4.0 SSDs. The TD510 is guaranteed to 1400 TB of data written which is pretty standard and Inland covers 6 years versus the standard 5 years so you get an extra 1 year warranty .
Software and accessories
The Inland TD510 is a no-frills product and does not come with software. The included reference heatsink is listed as removable, so you can use his M.2 heatsink on the motherboard instead. For software, I recommend the free CrystalDiskInfo for SMART monitoring and his Clonezilla for cloning.
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Removing the heatsink wasn’t as easy as the TD510’s packaging might suggest. We do not recommend attempting this process unless you need to. A small fan is optional. It doesn’t contribute much to cooling performance, but it does make noise, so it’s best to leave it unplugged. This is because the reference heatsink does not have air channels that allow air to escape from the small chamber below the fan.
Beneath the heatsink are the SSD controller, DRAM package, and two NAND packages. There are two more NAND packages on the bottom side for a total of four.
The Phison E26 controller will be a familiar sight with PCIe 5.0 SSDs. The first drives hit up to 10 GB/s, but future models could go higher. Important T700This controller is often paired with 4 GB of LPDDR4. This is double that of regular DRAM, making this type of memory more efficient than DDR4.
The NV066 is 4Tb of FBGA code on Micron’s 232-layer TLC (B58R). Each package is a quad die configuration (QDP) with a total of 2 TB. You should be able to achieve up to 8TB with this layout.
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