The Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 12000 is another super-fast PCIe 5.0 SSD capable of pushing over 12 GB/s. It also comes with a very effective heatsink. However, it’s not as good at 1TB, and availability remains an issue.
The NN5Pro is the second Gen 5 SSD from Nextorage, raising performance even higher while including an option for a massive cooling solution. Its performance is high, but availability is still low.
Teamgroup’s Cardea Z540 is the fastest SSD we’ve yet tested, beating out the Crucial T700 in multiple benchmarks. It’s still inefficient but shows glimpses of what this hardware can do.