CONCLUSION

   Since Inland is a USA based company it’s all but unknown in the EU (relatively popular in the USA however) but their Performance Plus 2TB was a pleasant surprise for me. Yes, the combination of the PHISON E18 NVMe v1.4 NAND flash controller with Micron 176-layer (B47R) NAND flash is something we’ve all seen many times already (thus I knew what to expect more or less) but again, we’re talking about an SSD by a small player in the market. Strangely enough even though the Performance Plus 2TB goes head to head with other B47R NAND flash models like for example the Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus in most of my tests when it comes to IOmeter SNIA tests it does fall a bit back. This is probably due to a difference in the firmware of the drives since obviously not all PHISON E18 based models have the same one. As mentioned earlier there’s also a version with a heatsink available (PS5 compatible too) so if your motherboard doesn’t have an SSD heatsink, I do suggest getting that instead.

   Retailing for USD259.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) the Performance Plus model by Inland is one of the most affordable 2TB PCIe 4.0 Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSDs in the market today. Yes, the lack of availability outside the USA is something some of you will not like and it might not be at the top in terms of performance across all my tests but it does come very close and that combined with its 6 year limited warranty, good durability numbers and low price are more than enough for the Platinum Award.

PROS

- Top of The Charts Performance (7000MB/s Read & 6850MB/s Write)
- Endurance (1400TBW / 1.6 Million Hours MTBF)
- 6 Year Limited Warranty
- Price (Compared To Similar Models)

CONS

- Thermal Throttling (During SNIA Tests)
- Availability Outside The USA