Comments on: SK hynix Platinum P41 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen4 SSD Review

By: ehw

ehw — Sun, 29 May 2022 08:35:48 +0000

As SSDs evolve in their underlying flash memory structure (SLC -> QLC), it would be interesting if you could say more about the used SSD controller properties. Especially with non-consumer SSDs the properties of the controller may have a large impact on the life expectancy and durability of the SSD. I’m thinking for example of wear levelling: dynamic wear levelling versus static (& global) wear levelling. With Project Kenko 01 you you took a look at the wear and tear in a quantative way. That will usually not be possible for reviewing & testing new SSDs. However, considering your expertise, it should be possible to say something in a qualitative way about the controller, either extracted from the datasheets or via personal connections within the industry.

By: Patrick Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy — Fri, 27 May 2022 23:33:24 +0000

In reply to Artem Tepponen.

Artem – that is a fairly easy one. We tested many of the Samsung drives when we were still using 500-512GB drives. We swapped to 1TB and folks do not like seeing 512GB drives with 1TB given performance variations at capacity points.

Just so you know, we have a few Samsung and Sabrent drives (Sabrent was also in this with either larger or smaller than 1TB drives) coming so we can add them.

By: Artem Tepponen

Artem Tepponen — Fri, 27 May 2022 22:50:43 +0000

May I ask you a question why do Samsung drives are missing on the graphs? They are quite a good ones and I’ve used’em for years. Would be a good comparison point

By: Ajit

Ajit — Fri, 27 May 2022 08:44:47 +0000

The phison E16 gen had around 1400 TBW for a 1 TB SSD. now that has come down to 750 TBW. Any idea Why that is

By: LK

LK — Thu, 26 May 2022 13:31:27 +0000

Secondary question – does anyone know why are SK hynix consumer ssd seemingly absent from european market?

There some ram modules, but ssd are not listed seemingly anywhere ( Czech Republic region).

By: Jason Antes

Jason Antes — Thu, 26 May 2022 04:03:30 +0000

I have the P31 Gold 1TB drive. It’s a good drive overall and my complaints about it are centered around the lack of firmware updates and the overall usefulness of their drive tools (something Intel and Samsung are great at). The drive tools are plain ugly due to poor formatting causing overlapping text and numbers. There hasn’t been a new firmware release since I bought the drive early last year. Aside from that it’s been a great drive. I’d pick up a P41 once I build a computer that has PCIe 4.0 support. Hopefully they’ve polished up the drive tools and support the drive with firmware (if needed)