This extraordinary SSD can do something no other SSD can do: a full 'groundhog day' write every 24 minutes

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                            <hr><ul><li><strong>Phison X200Z writes entire drive every 24 minutes nonstop</strong></li><li><strong>Delivers record-breaking endurance and performance with 60 DWPD capability</strong></li><li><strong>TweakTown calls it the most powerful flash-based SSD ever tested</strong></li></ul><hr><p><a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/11053/phison-pascari-x200z-3-2tb-enterprise-ssd-the-ultimate-caching-solution/index.html" target="_blank"><em>TweakTown</em></a><em> </em>has delivered its first hands-on look at the Phison Pascari X200Z 3.2TB Enterprise SSD, and – spoiler alert – it was blown away.</p><p>Built with SLC flash and running over a PCIe Gen5 x4 interface, the X200Z boasts a write endurance rating of 60 drive writes per day (DWPD), translating to an astounding full-drive write every 24 minutes.</p><p>As Jon Coulter of <em>TweakTown </em>puts it, “Phison's Pascari X200Z 3.2TB SLC caching SSD is simultaneously the highest capacity, lowest latency, and most endurant flash-based SSD of its kind we've ever encountered.”</p><h2 id="the-best-ever-seen-6">The best ever seen</h2><p>The X200Z is built for extreme durability in demanding caching roles, especially in front of QLC arrays.</p><p>It buffers random write workloads, reshapes them into sequential data, and directs them to slower, more fragile QLC layers, enhancing speed, reliability, and overall lifespan of the storage system.</p><p>Coulter notes, “The 3.2TB model we have in hand is rated at 60 DWPD or a mind-bending 350 Petabytes of endurance. Incredible.”</p><p>The drive also shines on performance. In testing, it surpassed its factory specs across the board. Sequential read throughput hit 15,026MB/s - breaking <em>TweakTown </em>lab records - while write performance came in over 10,200MB/s.</p><p>In random workloads, the X200Z hit up to 2800K IOPS and showed strong consistency across all queue depths.</p><p>Coulter was impressed by the performance curve: “Its low queue depth performance here is stunning.”</p><p>He adds, “We knew it would be good, but we didn't anticipate the drive's mixed workload performance would be this fantastic. By far the best we've ever seen.”</p><p>Phison positions its Pascari line as enterprise-grade, offering flexibility in U.2 and E3.S form factors and support for dual-port configurations. The Pascari X200 Series already has design wins across data centers, video platforms, and HPC workloads.</p><p>Coulter concludes: “Phison's Pascari X200Z 3.2TB SSD is easily the most powerful flash-based SSD we've ever tested.”</p><h3 class="article-body__section" id="section-you-might-also-like"><span>You might also like</span></h3><ul><li>These are the <a href="https://www.techradar.com/pro/fastest-ssds">fastest SSDs</a> you can buy right now</li><li>And these are the <a href="https://www.techradar.com/best/large-hard-drives-and-ssds">largest SSDs and hard drives</a> on the market</li><li><a href="https://www.techradar.com/pro/phison-unleashes-122-88tb-128tb-class-ssd-that-delivers-pcie-gen5-performance-but-we-will-have-to-wait-till-q2-2025-for-a-proper-review-d205v-could-rival-the-crucial-t705-on-tests">Phison unleashes 122.88TB '128TB-class' SSD that delivers PCIe Gen5 performance</a></li></ul>
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