KIOXIA XG8 Client SSD 1TB, M.2 2280 / M-Key / PCIe 4.0 x4

Die Kioxia XG8 KXG80ZNV1TQ2 hat ein sehr gutes Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis und ist daher für die Aufrüstung eines vorhandenen PCs zu empfehlen.

Normally I would discuss pricing, market positioning, and the benefits of purchasing the XG8 versus its competitors in this part of the review, but the XG8 is different. You cannot simply purchase an XG8; you only get one as part of a complete system purchase. They do not have a MSRP, nor a direct warranty.

The XG8 is another solid release from KIOXIA. Available in capacities up to 4TB and featuring 5th-gen 112-layer BiCS FLASH 3D NAND, this OEM Gen4 client SSD will find itself inside a range of gaming, content creation and professional systems. It also has important features to protect data against unexpected outages and shutdowns, such as end-to-end data path protection and Power Loss Notification. As far as its performance goes, the KIOXIA XG8 produced great results and often found itself near the top part of the leaderboard in reads among the other TLC-based SSDs, though write speeds were a little below par. Specifics include 760K IOPS in 4K random reads, 245K IOPS in 4K random writes, and 5.3GB/s (or 85K IOPS) in sequential reads. It did show fairly weak sequential write performance with a peak of 1.1GB/s (or just 18K IOPS). It also had decent results in SQL server performance, posting 5ms in average latency. Its solid performance continued during our VDI benchmarks, tests that tax the drives even further. With our Boot profile, the XG8 had a peak of 170K IOPS, while initial and Monday login tests topped out at 48K IOPS and 34K IOPS, respectively. Overall, the KIOXIA XG8 is another good addition to the OEM market, posting above-average results in most of our tests, particularly in read performance. System builders will likely find that the XG8 is well-suited for more performance-driven (yet affordable) workstations and pre-built rigs with power efficiency in mind.