CONCLUSION

   Just like with the Mushkin Helix-L and the Silicon Power P34A60 the NM610 may not be able to directly compete with the likes of the KC2000/2500 or the EX950 (because of its DRAM-less SM2263XT controller) for the crown of the fastest M.2 NVMe SSD but it does extremely well and should be plenty for people, especially those looking to get a secondary drive (perhaps for game installation?). Unfortunately, once again i recorded serious throttling during SNIA tests (with the drive hitting just over 75 degrees Celsius) but that’s not something new really and shouldn’t affect any users.

   The current price tag of USD154.95 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and 153.97Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) for the NM610 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD by Lexar is just a tad higher than what i was honestly expecting. Of course what this means is that if you can climb a bit higher you can get either the NM700 or one of the mentioned drives in this review which are clearly better choices overall (the NM700 should be – review soon). Still I don’t think anyone will be disappointed by the performance of the Lexar NM610 1TB model (as long as they’re using the latest version of Windows 10) which is also why it gets our Golden Award.

PROS

- Very Good Performance (Up To 2550MB/s Read & 1750MB/s Write)
- Endurance (500TBW)
- 3 Years Warranty
- Available Software
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Thermal Throttling (During Our SNIA Tests)
- Price (For Some)