Toshiba has launched its OCZ RC100 240GB M.2. NVMe SSDs, we review the 240GB model. You can look at the product series as the affordable alternative, but on NVMe nothing is slow. This affordable series really fast (relatively speaking) with a rated sequential read speed up to 1600 MB/s and sequential write speed up to 1100MB/s. That's twice to three times as fast as a regular 2.5" SSD, for the same money.

The specs are great, but will this unit deliver what it claims? M2 is the interesting form factor, these small storage units are evolving from being "just as fast" as a regular SSD towards double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sextuple, septuple and perhaps in the future even octuple that performance. It comes in a different package, M.2. Using the PCIe lanes interface it is so much more capable as it can deal with way more bandwidth using PCI-Express lanes. As such, M.2 solutions are intended for high-end and enthusiast class motherboards and laptops.

The RC100 series M.2 SSDs are a fast series of storage technology as they offer premium performance when compared to a regular SATA3 SSD. This product that reads well at 1.6 GB/sec and writes close towards 1 GB/sec. These new M.2 units use the NVMe protocol and that means storage technology at millennium falcon hyper-fast speeds while remaining competitive in pricing.