Gigabyte has unveiled a new PCIe Gen 5 SSD capable of achieving over 12 GB/s in sequential read speeds and nearly 12 GB/s in sequential write speeds. Likely take a spot on our list of best SSDs soon, the new drive is called the Aorus Gen5 12000 SSD, and is the successor to the Aorus Gen5 10000 SSD — which was one of the very first PCIe Gen 5 SSDs to hit the market. Pricing and availability have not been disclosed at this time.
The only difference between the new drive and the older drive is the boosted read and write speed performance. The Aorus Gen5 12000 achieves speeds of up to 12.4GB/s (12,400 MB/s) in sequential reads and up to 11.8 GB/s (11,800 MB/s) in sequential writes. Gigabyte's original Aorus Gen5 10000 SSD wasn't that fast for a Gen 5 drive, with sequential read speeds just shy of 10 GB/s and sequential write speeds of 8.5 GB/s — so the new Aorus Gen5 12000 is 23% faster in sequential read speeds and 42% faster in sequential write speeds.
