CONCLUSION

   Once again Mushkin has released a product which has nothing to be jealous of its competition and that’s always a good thing for consumers. The Redline Vortex is not only among the fastest M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 Gen SSDs to ever arrive in the lab but it also exchanges blows with the Acer (BIWIN) GM7000 which is obviously also based on the same Innogrit Rainier IG5236 NAND flash controller (both also use graphene based top stickers – pad for the GM7000). Strangely enough Mushkin reports endurance numbers for their Vortex line which are a step down from those Acer reports for their GM7000 line but that could be both due to the graphene pad of the latter and due to different firmware tweaks.

   So just how much does Mushkin ask for their Redline Vortex 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 Gen 4 SSD? Good news here for interested parties since currently you can get your very own for just USD239.99 inside the USA (Newegg.com) a price which is actually very balanced for such a drive. Overall, I don’t think anyone can go wrong with the Vortex line by Mushkin and as for the 2TB model in particular, well it clearly deserves the Golden Award.

PROS

- Excellent Performance Levels
- Endurance (1000TBW / 1.5 Million Hours MTBF)
- 5 Year Limited Warranty
- Graphene Sticker
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- Thermal Throttling (During SNIA Tests)
- EU Availability