Testseek.com have collected 41 expert reviews of the A-Data M.2 XPG Gammix S70 Blade RGB Series NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 90%. Scroll down and see all reviews for A-Data M.2 XPG Gammix S70 Blade RGB Series NVMe PCIe.
October 2021
(90%)
41 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(96%)
20 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
90010041
The editors liked
Very good real-life performance
Competitive pricing (for a PCIe 4.0 drive)
Excellent synthetic performance
Large SLC cache
Good sustained write performance for a TLC drive
PCI-Express 4.0 support
Compatible with Sony PlayStation 5
Heatsink included
Available in 1TB and 2TB capacities
PCIe 4.0 x4 interface with NVMe protocol
Innogrit Rainier (IG5236) controller
Equipped with 176-layer 3D TLC NAND
Excellent sequential read and write speeds
Good random read and write performance
Small M.2 2280 fo
176-Layer 3D TLC NAND
Has a heat sink in the package
Compact
Great performance
Nicely-priced
5-year warranty
Blazing sequential read and write speeds
Good to excellent scores in nearly all our standard tests
Exceeds Sony's PS5 compatibility requirements
256-bit AES hardware-based encryption
Includes ADATA's SSD Toolbox software suite
Competitively priced
High performance
Compatible with PCs
Laptops and PS5
Inexpensive
Optional heatsink
The editors didn't like
Heatsink has very little effect
More expensive than PCIe 3.0 drives with similar performance
Thermal throttling even with heatsink installed
Largest capacity available is 2 TB
Write speed drops when SLC cache is full
The provided heat sink isn't an optimal solution for long sustained writes
High performance, Compatible with PCs, laptops and PS5, Inexpensive, Optional heatsink
Thermal throttling during extended high load (won't happen in games)
The Adata XPG S70 Blade is a fast SSD and it's clearly designed for gaming. It's fully compatible with various computers, even thin laptops and PS5 consoles. If not for the occasional thermal throttling, we could say it's a perfect SSD. It's still one of...
Published: 2022-04-18, Author: John , review by: pcmag.com
Abstract: Under the hoods of the newest, skinniest laptops (and in the hollows of the latest desktop-PC motherboards), solid-state storage has undergone a transformation. Even if you're a close observer of all things tech, it's understandable if you didn't even rea...
Published: 2022-04-18, Author: John , review by: pcmag.com
Abstract: Under the hoods of the newest, skinniest laptops (and in the hollows of the latest desktop-PC motherboards), solid-state storage has undergone a transformation. Even if you're a close observer of all things tech, it's understandable if you didn't even rea...
Published: 2022-02-22, Author: Nikolay , review by: laptopmedia.com
176-Layer 3D TLC NAND, Has a heat sink in the package, Compact, Great performance, Nicely-priced, 5-year warranty
The provided heat sink isn't an optimal solution for long sustained writes
A great performer – this is what describes best the XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 1TB. This is one of the fastest NVMe drives on the market and the good news is the end price isn't as high as you may expect (but that is market dependable as well). If you want to c...
Published: 2021-12-21, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Abstract: This past year was a tough one for PC enthusiasts. It was exceedingly difficult to acquire some of the most sought after components, like the latest and greatest CPUs and GPUs for example, and if you were lucky enough to score one, you often had to pay th...
Published: 2021-12-17, Author: Tim , review by: hothardware.com
Abstract: As the holiday shopping season shifts into high gear, we at HotHardware wanted to share a few last minute gift ideas from our staff that should excite any enthusiast or mainstream tech users you have left on your shopping list. We know it has been a tough...
Available in 1TB and 2TB capacities, PCIe 4.0 x4 interface with NVMe protocol, Innogrit Rainier (IG5236) controller, Equipped with 176-layer 3D TLC NAND, Excellent sequential read and write speeds, Good random read and write performance, Small M.2 2280 fo
Write speed drops when SLC cache is full
At first glance, the XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade may seem to be nothing more than the GAMMIX S70 without its massive CoolArmor heat spreader. However, ADATA's engineers have made a number of improvements to reduce temperatures and squeeze even more performance o...
Published: 2021-10-01, Author: Tony , review by: pcmag.com
Blazing sequential read and write speeds, Good to excellent scores in nearly all our standard tests, Exceeds Sony's PS5 compatibility requirements, 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption, Includes ADATA's SSD Toolbox software suite, Competitively priced
Sizzling fast yet thin enough (even with its heatsink on) to fit a laptop or PlayStation 5, ADATA's XPG Gammix S70 Blade is a killer internal SSD for gaming...
Very good real-life performance, Competitive pricing (for a PCIe 4.0 drive), Excellent synthetic performance, Large SLC cache, Good sustained write performance for a TLC drive, PCI-Express 4.0 support, Compatible with Sony PlayStation 5, Heatsink included
Heatsink has very little effect, More expensive than PCIe 3.0 drives with similar performance, Thermal throttling even with heatsink installed, Largest capacity available is 2 TB
The 2 TB ADATA XPG Gammix S70 Blade is currently listed online for $300. Very good real-life performance Competitive pricing (for a PCIe 4.0 drive) Excellent synthetic performance Large SLC cache Good sustained write performance for a TLC drive PCI-Expre...
Published: 2021-07-13, Author: John , review by: overclockers.com
ADATA and XPG put together a highly capable PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe drive. The Innogrit IG5236 controller is one of the leading controllers on the market and is, in part, responsible for the great results we just went over. The change to the Samsung DRAM ICs doe...
