Review Acer Predator GM9000 2TB SSD Review: The Bargain High-End PCIe 5.0 SSD

[Admin]

The Acer Predator GM9000 is a high-end PCIe 5.0 drive positioned as a budget entry in an enthusiast market segment.

Acer Predator GM9000 2TB SSD Review: The Bargain High-End PCIe 5.0 SSD : Read more

 

[Notton]

Acer does SSDs now?
The performance is exactly Acer. Jack of all trades, master of none.

 

[Amdlova]

Cons: OLDER FLASH?

Endurance it's now a big problem eh

 

[drSeehas]

Samsung 9100 Pro and Sandisk WD Black SN8100 are missing in the comparison charts.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

Cons: OLDER FLASH?

Endurance it's now a big problem eh

Micron's 232-layer TLC is still good, just not quite at the same level as Kioxia / Sandisk BiCS8. I don't think there's really much of a difference in endurance between the two. Mostly, the Sandisk BiCS8 has some very good latency results, which helps with QD1 random reads/writes.

Samsung 9100 Pro and Sandisk WD Black SN8100 are missing in the comparison charts.

These charts and review data were generated prior to the 9100 Pro and WD Black reviews, which then jumped the queue because they were deemed "more important" than the Acer GM9000 that you can't buy in the US. I did the testing back before I jumped ship, so these have been waiting for write up and publication for about six weeks I think.

 

[Amdlova]

@JarredWaltonGPU Today 1TB drivers are rated at 600TB/W or Even worse than that.

This drive is rated for 800TB/W for me is a plus not a cons.

 

[Maxxify]

Acer does SSDs now?
The performance is exactly Acer. Jack of all trades, master of none.

Acer's drives are handled by Biwin, who also makes drives for HP and some others IIRC. Their drives do tend to be focused on affordability.

Cons: OLDER FLASH?

Endurance it's now a big problem eh

232L is older when considering the newer controllers (SM2508, E28). It falls behind 276L and BiCS8 in performance and/or power efficiency. Has nothing to do with endurance. Further to the point, TBW (on consumer drives) also doesn't really correlate with endurance in a meaningful way.

 

[helper800]

I did the testing back before I jumped ship