At Computex 2022, Phison announced their Gen 5 E26 SSD controller and we expected to see the rollout of PCIe Gen 5 SSDs a few months later. 2022 came and went and we didn't see the new super-fast SSDs until CES 2023, when MSI showed us a sample of their Spatium M570 PCIe 5.0. It has taken a couple more months but now, finally, KitGuru has been able to work with a Gen 5 SSD in the shape of the Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 10000 and damn, it's impressive.

Watch video via YouTube (below) or over on YouTube at 2160p HERE

Main features

• PCIe 5.0 x4, NVMe 2.0 Interface
• Sequential Read Speed : up to 10,000MB/sec
• Sequential Write speed : up to 9,500MB/sec
• DDR4 DRAM cache
• 8 Channels with 32 CEs
• Offered with an optional M.2 Thermal Guard Xtreme with Nanocarbon Coating

Specification:

• Interface: PCI-Express 5.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
• Form Factor: M.2 2280
• Total Capacity: 2000GB
• NAND: 3D TLC NAND Flash
• External DDR Cache: LPDDR4 4GB
• Sequential Read speed: Up to 10,000 MB/s
• Sequential Write speed: Up to 9,500 MB/s
• Dimensions:
• SSD without Heatsink: 80mm x 22mm x 2.3mm
• SSD with Heatsink: 92mm x 23.5mm x 44.7mm
• Mean time between failure (MTBF): 1.6 million hours
• Power Consumption (Active): Read: <10.5W; Write: <11W
• Power Consumption (Idle): <85mW
• Temperature (Operating): 0°C to 70°C

As you will see in our video we gave the Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 10000 SSD a quick test run against some Gen 3 and Gen 4 Phison SSDs to get a feel for Gen 5 performance.

Test System

• Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (16 cores/32 threads)
• Motherboard: Gigabyte SX670E Aorus Xtreme
• CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Elite LCD
• Memory: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000
• Graphics card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 Gaming OC 16GB GDDR6X
• Power supply: Gigabyte UD1000GM 1000W Gold
• SSD: 2TB Gigabyte Aorus 10000 Gen5 SSD
• OS: Windows 11

CrystalDiskMark 8

This graph of CrystalDiskMark 8 is just  a taster to get us ready for Simon's full review of the Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 10000 SSD but we have to say it looks very promising.

You will be able to buy the Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 10000 SSD for £349.99. Stay tuned for the full technical review!

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KitGuru says: Gigabyte is the first company to deliver a Gen 5 SSD into our hands and we expect this to be the start of something great.

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