Intel Optane 800p - SSD under the system

The line of Intel Optane drives using 3D XPoint memory modules has been replenished with new models from the consumer segment. In addition to the family of Optane Memory , designed for the needs of caching, enthusiasts are now available SSD Optane 800p series with a capacity of 58 and 118 GB, which can be considered as a variant of the carrier for the operating system of the computer. Our colleagues from the Anandtech website have already managed to test new SSDs in several configurations; under the cat you will find detailed characteristics of the Intel Optane 800p and the results of the main benchmarks.



So, the Optane 800p SSD is built on the same hardware platform as the Optane Memory, but at the same time it has several times more volume and somewhat better characteristics. In general, the Optane consumer line now looks like this.

Model	Optane SSD 800p		Optane memory
Volume	118 GB	58 GB	32 GB	16 GB
Form factor	M.2 2280 B + M key		M.2 2280 B + M key
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x2		PCIe 3.0 x2
Memory	128Gb 20nm Intel 3D XPoint		128Gb 20nm Intel 3D XPoint
The last reading	1450 MB / s		1350 MB / s	900 MB / s
The last a record	640 MB / s		290 MB / s	145 MB / s
Occasional reading	250k IOPS		240k IOPS	190k IOPS
Occasional a record	140k IOPS		65k IOPS	35k IOPS
Read latency	6.75 µs		7 µs	8 µs
Write delays	18µs		18µs	30 µs
Cons. working	3.75 W		3.5 W	3.5 W
Cons. in idle time	8 mW	8 mW	1 W	1 W
Durable	365 TB	365 TB	182.5 TB	182.5 TB
Price	$ 199	$ 129	$ 77	$ 44

As can be seen, due to the small volume of the 3D XPoint module, even by 128 GB, it was possible to get a significant increase in the recording speed due to the parallelization of the streams. However, in general, performance characteristics do not look outstanding. Another significant improvement is the support of the energy saving mode (Idle State). But the price per unit of storage has remained unchanged, and this still makes Intel Optane drives expensive compared to other SSDs.

Anandtech experts have several Intel Optane 800p modules at their disposal, which made it possible to test not only individual drives, but also RAID arrays of them built on the basis of Intel VROC technology. We present the results of the main benchmarks - the full test results can be found on the Anandtech website.
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Destroyer is an extreme test that emulates a long active load on the storage.



Data exchange rate Intel Optane 800p is fast, but does not exceed the best Flash drives. VROC pulls performance down.



Average delays - the picture is the same.



Energy consumption - excellent performance, 800r surpass all.

So, Intel continues to expand the line of drives Optane. In the face of the 800r family, we see one more step in the direction of consumers - they are offered a full-fledged SSD, which can be used alone in a mobile computer, comparable in characteristics to the best Flash SSD, and in some ways superior to them. If the performance of Intel Optane continues to grow and the cost decreases, it will be an interesting option to consider.