Micron M600 SATA & M.2 Solid State Drive Review

Name: Micron M600 SATA & M.2 Solid State Drive SSD Review
Brand: Micron

by Marco Chiappetta — Monday, September 29, 2014, 08:00 AM EDT

Performance Summary: The Micron M600 family of solid state drives performed relatively well throughout our battery of tests, though it couldn't quite catch Samsung's 850 Pro. The 1TB M600, which doesn't feature Dynamic Write Acceleration, performed best overall, though all of the drives remained competitive throughout. DWA definitely helped performance of the 256GB drives, though it's not designed for sustained sequential transfers. Access times for all of the drives, however, were among the best we've seen.

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Micron didn't provide pricing for the M600 drives we tested, and the drives won't be offered through traditional retail channels, but we're told pricing will be competitive (approximately $.45 - $.55 per GB). Looking back through the performance data, Micron seems to have a nice drive on their hands. Overall performance is good on the 1TB drive and performance on the lower-capacity drives with Dynamic Write Acceleration was strong as well. The 16nm NAND flash memory in the drives is still new and technically unproven, but the drives offer relatively high endurance ratings, especially considering they are consumer-class products and the warranties are standard as well. There isn't any one particular area where the Micron M600 family of drives outshined all others, but they're strong offerings nonetheless, and they're backed by a company that obviously knows a thing or two about flash memory.


Good Performance Low Access Times Dynamic Write Acceleration (On Smaller Drives)	Flimsy Enclosures Not Class Leading In Any One Category

Tags: SSD, Micron, Flash, Storage, NAND, SATA, m2, 16nm

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