CONCLUSION

   When we learned that the P34A80 by Silicon Power was using the exact same configuration as the MP510 by CORSAIR (minus the difference in overprovisioning, firmware and reported performance numbers – up to 3480MB/s for the MP510 and 3200MB/s for the P34A80) we knew two things from the get go, not only that it would perform better than most NVMe models in the market today but at the same time that the latter should be slightly better/faster in some tests. Well just by looking at our charts it’s easy to see that the MP510 is quite a bit better in some tests (especially when it comes to write performance) and not quite as good in others. These results of course are both due to the difference in overprovisioning and installed firmware (unfortunately thermal throttling was again evident in our SNIA tests – hopefully all manufacturers will eventually start shipping their M.2 drives complete with their very own heatspreaders). One thing is for certain, the P34A80 1TB is not only a very fast M.2 NVMe drive but it also offers a higher usable capacity (64GB) compared to the MP510 so all that’s really left is cost.

   At the time of this review the P34A80 1TB M.2 NVMe by Silicon Power retails for just USD129.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 127.99Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) a price tag which is actually around 20% less compared to what you need to spend in order to get your hands on the MP510 960GB model. Of course, the extra performance may be incentive enough for some people to go for the MP510 instead but the P34A80 is almost as good and its more affordable price combined with the extra usable capacity could be more important to some people. At the end of the day we feel that the P34A80 1TB should easily cover most consumers and professionals out there and that’s why it gets our Golden Award.

PROS

- Excellent Performance (Up To 3200MB/s Read & 3000MB/s Write)
- Sustained Performance Levels (SNIA Tests)
- 5 Years Warranty
- Usable Capacity (1024GB)
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Thermal Throttling