We'll be testing the all new UEFI based Zotac SONIX PCI-Express SSD today. Let me just quickly throw some numbers at you that will get a smile on your face, so how does 2,600 MB/s maximum read and 1,300 MB/s write performance sound?

We are experiencing interesting times as developers have a hard time deciding what form factor to go for: M.2., U2, Sata Express and PCI-Express based designs all remain undecided. For the interim moment however M.2. seems to become the most appealing storage unit and form factor, and next to that PCI-Express solutions based on the very same interface. Smaller form factors are now evolving from being "just as fast" as a regular SSD towards double, tripling, and even quadrupling performance. Thanks to clever protocols (nVME) and PCI-Express lane based solutions we are homing in on massive bandwidth NAND based storage solutions. These new M.2 and PCI-Express units use the NVMe protocol and that means storage technology at hyper fast speeds while remaining competitive in pricing. Samsung recently shocked and awed us with the 950 PRO series, capable of up-to 2,500 MB/s for reads and 900MB/sec (256GB model) or 1,500 MB/sec (512GB) for writes.