Klevv GENUINE G560 2TB Gen5.0 SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Klevv GENUINE G560 2TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. 128KB Sequential Performance8. 4K Random Read v QD Performance9. 4K Random Write v QD Performance10. 4K 70/30 Mixed Performance11. 4K Random Performance QD1-QD812. Throughput13. PCMark 10 Full System Drive Benchmark14. 3DMark Storage Benchmark 15. Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Official Benchmark16. Tempratures17. Real Life File Testing18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

 

The Klevv GENUINE G560 ships in a compact box with a clear image of the drive in the front centre. Above this image, in the top right-hand corner, is a sticker which displays the drive's capacity (2TB) and maximum Sequential read speed (up to 14,000MB/s). Below the drive's image is a row of six icons for; 3D NAND, DRAM buffer, NVMe 2.0, SLC Caching, Backup software and a 5-year limited warranty.

The rear of the box has a detailed feature list under which is a multi-lingual statement about transmission speed, stable performance and what the drive is good for. Under this is a useful performance table for all three drives in the range displaying Sequential read/write speeds.

The 2TB GENUINE G560 is built on a dual-sided M.2 2280 format.

Klevv's heatsink design isn't quite as massive as some we've seen for a Gen5 drive, measuring 80.5 x 23.35 x 17.8mm and consists of two major parts. A rugged aluminium heatsink with an optimised fin design and a cradle that holds the drive. The drive sits in between two high-efficiency thermal pads and the whole assembly is held together by four tiny screws. This together with an advanced thermal throttling algorithm keeps the drive cool.

 
One side of the PCB holds the Phison PS5026-E26 8-channel controller, two 512GB Micron 232-layer (B58R) 3D TLC NAND packages and a 2GB LPDDR4 DRAM IC. The two remaining 512GB NAND packages are to be found on the other side of the PCB.

Phison's PS5026-E26 is built on a 12nm process in a 16mm by 16mm package. It uses dual Arm Cortex-R5 cores that work together with Phison’s CoXProcessor 2.0 specialised accelerators. It supports up to 32TB of TLC or QLC NAND flash memory with data transfer speeds of up to 2,400MT/s which running at full speed gives the up to 14GB/s performance of the G560. The controller supports the company's 5th Generation LDPC ECC engine and also provides AES 256-bit Hardware-based encryption support which Klevv has enabled on the G560.

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