CONCLUSION

   The Lexar NM700 is the very first 88SS1092 based M.2 Gen3x4 NVMe SSD to arrive here so I didn’t have anything similar to compare my results with. Of course, the reason I say this is because in certain tests (like HD Tune Pro, HD Tach RW and even AIDA64) the lower end NM610 model produced better numbers/results (thus I was a bit confused, until at least I double checked the results with my 9900k test rig). Since the NM700 model however is the latest addition in the growing Lexar SSD line this could all come down to an upcoming firmware update. IOmeter SNIA results were actually very good, not quite as good as the numbers i got from both the Kingston KC2500 and HP EX950 drives but still very good (a good amount of thermal throttling however occurred here as well).

   At the time of this review the NM700 1TB may not be available to purchase inside the USA but it is available inside the EU for a price of 157.95Euros (Amazon.de). This of course is not a lot to ask for a very fast M.2 Gen3x4 NVMe SSD model like the NM700 but considering that the EX950 model is priced just a tad higher I really hope Lexar trims it down just a bit. Overall, however the NM700 is a very fast model and for that it gets our Golden Award.

PROS

- Very Good Performance
- Endurance (600TBW)
- 5 Year Limited Warranty
- Available Software

CONS

- Thermal Throttling (During Our SNIA Tests)
- USA Availability