A Complete Breakdown of Blazing Fast SPATIUM M570 PRO PCIe 5.0 SSD Highlights

Each year, PC hardware gets faster, often by a considerable margin. When we went from HDDs to SSDs, the jump in speeds was massive and changed the responsiveness of PCs and operating systems running on them forever.

Now, with the advent of PCIe 5.0 devices, we’re seeing tremendous increases in data throughput for devices like graphics cards, storage devices, network cards, and capture cards, among other things.

Although other devices take a while to take advantage of the increase in these bandwidth speeds, storage devices like SSDs can quickly adapt and leverage these speeds. However, before we find out more details about PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs, let’s learn more about the connectivity standard that facilitates these improvements.

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, or PCIe, is an expansion connectivity standard for computers that’s been in use since around 2003. It essentially gives your CPU a way to communicate with components like graphics cards, storage devices, network adapters, and so on, through a motherboard to get things done.

This standard isn’t stagnant; it keeps evolving with time to accommodate faster technologies and devices. These evolutions are called PCIe generations and are denoted by a number next to the word ‘PCIe.’

As you can see, each subsequent generation brings a marked improvement to speeds – granting you access to faster devices.

One of the latest standards to hit the consumer market is PCIe 5.0 or PCIe Gen 5.

It enables speeds of up to a whopping 63.015 GB per second when using a full set of 16 PCIe lanes (you can find a deeper dive into PCIe lanes here).

Of course, applications and use cases that leverage these speeds can take time to develop, but storage is ready to go almost as soon as a new standard is available.

PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs like MSI’s brand-new SPATIUM M570 PRO M.2 SSDs push the boundaries of lightning-fast speeds to enable a next-gen experience across various applications right now and shortly! These PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs offer up to 12.4 GB/s sequential read speed.

For reference, when it comes to PCIe 5.0 SSD vs. typical PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD speeds, the former is up to 5 times faster!

Figure reference: Left: PCIe 5.0 SSD; Right: PCIe 3.0 SSD

PCIe has always been terrific about backward compatibility, so you can use, say, a PCIe 3.0 SSD in a PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot and vice versa. It’s not ideal, and you’ll be limited to the speed of the slowest standard between the pair of them (slot and SSD), so it’s not exactly a recommended configuration.

Adopting cutting-edge standards faster than others typically comes with a significant early adopter tax for several reasons. However, as discussed in our SSD pricing article, pricing per GB on flash storage devices has never been better than now!

Thanks to the current state of the market, PCIe 5.0 drives remain relatively affordable compared to other options in the market.

The mind-boggling speeds that PCIe 5.0 drives offer mean that it’s generally accompanied by more heat that must be managed for efficiency throughout. If you’re running workloads that require sustained read/write performance on the fastest PCIe 5.0 SSDs on the market, it is recommended to apply a thermal solution to keep up consistent transfer rates.

When you’re buying the fastest SSDs on the market, the last thing you want is to slow down the workflow to enjoy the gameplay or concentrate on the project.

Not everyone needs access to the latest and greatest that technology has to offer. That’s just a fact. However, some people need access to these faster devices for work, entertainment, or both.

Check out the following categories to decide where you fall. If you find yourself described here, well, it’s time for an upgrade! If not, you can wait until the next time you’re upgrading your PC.

If you love owning the fastest hardware available and can’t wait to get a complete system built around the latest PCIe 5.0 standard, a PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD is the ideal step up from that last-gen PCIe 4.0 drive you’re rocking. Moving to a lightning-fast storage solution created for the latest PCIe standard supported by your motherboard ensures that you maximize every bit of performance your board offers.

Whether you’re gaming, overclocking, or working, owning the fastest consumer SSDs guarantees that you don’t miss out on even a teeny-tiny bit of performance.

If nothing satisfies your soul like diving into immersive virtual worlds, you can call yourself a ‘real’ gamer regardless of the games you play. Every hardware upgrade should help you make your experience more immersive and seamless to grant you fantastic gaming sessions whenever you sit down to play.

Games with several loading screens and long initial loading times can waste time and break your immersion, which is why faster storage speeds are now beginning to matter. This is compounded by the fact that Microsoft announced a new storage-related feature for games – DirectStorage. It allows the GPU to load game data directly from an SSD without going through the CPU – making the process exponentially faster!

Workflows like video editing, CG, 3D graphics, motion graphics, etc., often require interacting with very large files. Your storage can become a major bottleneck if your application is forced to wait to read/write all the data in a file when you open up a project or export/import one.

Moving to the fastest-available storage solution, like PCIe 5.0 SSDs, for a task like video editing, eliminates this bottleneck. It ensures you can work with large assets and projects without compromises like lag or occasional freezes. It allows you to spend more time getting work done rather than waiting around – saving valuable time.

While MSI grants the full PCIe 5.0 experience with its SPATIUM PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs, the SPATIUM M570 PRO FROZR takes it a step further.

In addition to featuring fantastic transfer speeds of up to 12.4 Gigabytes per second, it is equipped with an enthusiast-grade FROZR heatsink for optimal heat dissipation. The FROZR heatsink combines triple-core pipes, a well-pathed design, and elevated fins to maximize heat transfer and maintain peak transfer performance even under the most extended loads.

In our tests, the MSI SPATIUM M570 PRO saw a massive 20°C drop in temperatures – allowing it to sustain peak performance for as long as you need!