After chucking some tests at the Patriot P300, it’s evident that it isn’t the fastest drive on the market, but don’t write it off just yet. There’s much more to the NVMe market than just outright performance figures.
While you might see figures approaching the 3500MB/s barrier from the like of Samsung, Western Digital, ADATA and CORSAIR, but the simple fact of the matter is, most applications can’t use anywhere near that kind of throughput. Where NVMe excels over SATA is in data queueing and simultaneous access, which helps with system responsiveness and overall fell, and the P300 does well in the IOPS benchmark tests; beating everything apart from the AORUS Gen. 4 NVMe in our Anvil 4K QD4 IOPS write test.
UK and Aussie pricing, at the time of writing, is a little thin on the ground, but we can compare the US prices against competing drives, which is where the drive falls to its knees. The drive is competing on a similar price level to the WD SN750, Samsung 970 Evo and Corsair MP510, all of which vastly outperform the drive, offer similar or better warranty periods and, frankly, are much easier to find in the marketplace.
The Patriot P300 is a reasonable offering but availability seems to be lacking. Pair that with a high price tag and lacklustre performance and it’s difficult to recommend.
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While you might see figures approaching the 3500MB/s barrier from the like of Samsung, Western Digital, ADATA and CORSAIR, but the simple fact of the matter is, most applications can’t use anywhere near that kind of throughput. Where NVMe excels over SATA is in data queueing and simultaneous access, which helps with system responsiveness and overall fell, and the P300 does well in the IOPS benchmark tests; beating everything apart from the AORUS Gen. 4 NVMe in our Anvil 4K QD4 IOPS write test.
UK and Aussie pricing, at the time of writing, is a little thin on the ground, but we can compare the US prices against competing drives, which is where the drive falls to its knees. The drive is competing on a similar price level to the WD SN750, Samsung 970 Evo and Corsair MP510, all of which vastly outperform the drive, offer similar or better warranty periods and, frankly, are much easier to find in the marketplace.
The Patriot P300 is a reasonable offering but availability seems to be lacking. Pair that with a high price tag and lacklustre performance and it’s difficult to recommend.
Pros
+ Reasonable warranty period
+ Good range of capacity options
Cons
- Lacklustre performance
- Pricey compared to faster options
- Wasteful packaging
- Large white sticker ruins the appearance somewhat
+ Reasonable warranty period
+ Good range of capacity options
Cons
- Lacklustre performance
- Pricey compared to faster options
- Wasteful packaging
- Large white sticker ruins the appearance somewhat
Click here for an explanation of our awards at Vortez.net.
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