Intel SSD 600P Solid State Drive Review: NVMe Performance, SATA Pricing

Name: Intel SSD 600P
Brand: Intel

by Marco Chiappetta — Friday, September 09, 2016, 12:51 PM EDT

Performance Summary: The Intel SSD 600P series 512GB drive we tested performed relatively well overall. When queue depths were cranked up or there were sustained, long sequential transfers, performance dropped off quite a bit with the drive (as evidenced by our IOMeter and ATTO results), but that’s not likely to happen often with typical consumer desktop workloads. With the trace-based tests in the PCMark suite, which is more indicative of what the drive is likely to see from the vast majority of desktop users, the Intel SSD 600P performs well and finishes just behind some of the more expensive NVMe PCIe solid state drives currently on the market.

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The Intel SSD 600P series of solid state drives aren’t barn-burners in the benchmarks in comparison to some other NVMe PCIe SSDs, but they represent a significant upgrade over typical SATA-based solid state drives, and they offer form-factor benefits too, thanks to their M.2 ‘gumstick’ design. What will probably be most appealing to many of you is their pricing. The 512GB Intel SSD 600P series drive we showed you here is available for about $173 already, which is less than $.40 per gigabyte. That’s not too far removed from SATA-based drives, and is well below other NVMe-based offerings. If you’re in the market for the fastest NVMe-based M.2 SSD out there, the Intel 600P is not it, but if you’re looking to perk up a mainstream desktop or laptop, or build an affordable rig with modern amenities, the Intel SSD 600P is worth a look.


Affordable Pricing Good Performance With Typical Workloads 5-Year Warranty	Performance Drops Off At High Queue Depths And With Large Sequential Transfers

Tags: Intel, SSD, NAND, solid state, nvme

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com