Intel Optane SSD 900P

The Optane 900p is basically the consumer equivalent of the enterprise-focused Optane P4800X, aimed at high-end desktop and workstation usage. It has been designed to deliver consistently high random performance, particularly reads, at very low queue...

Having waited eight months since Intel's tantalising but ultimately lacklustre tiny Optane Memory SSDs, we've finally got our hands on the consumer product that 3D Xpoint (“cross point”) deserved from the start in Intel's newest Optane 900P series,...

The Optane SSD 900 P is aimed mainly at the enthusiast and hardcore gamer consumers. Ordinary users will not need the kind of performance it offers. And the price is another great limiting factor. The SSDs are available at rates that are reminiscent of prices five years ago. But that is understandable, for the cutting edge technology that is on offer. But it will take time for 3D XPoint to become more mainstream.

Intel's first consumer Optane SSD offers an enticing taste of the future of storage. But cramped capacities, high prices, and form factor limitations mean the 900P Series, though packed with potential, is best suited to a narrow swath of desktop enthusiasts.

Imagine Optane mainstreaming and revolutionizing the storage world, Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Well, Intel and Micron built that mousetrap and the world is chomping at the bit to get hands on that Optane technology that surpasses anything we have seen to date.

At those prices, the Optane SSD 900P is about twice the price of today’s fastest NAND-based NVMe solid state drives. With that said, the performance and endurance characteristics of the Optane SSD 900P will easily justify the premium pricing for many enthusiasts and workstation professional types. Put simply, if you want the most responsive and durable SSD on the market, the Optane SSD 900P is currently it.

As you can imagine, the user experience you get from the 900P is unrivaled. For the first time ever, we found that if you just use the in-box Windows 10 driver it's not a drag on performance and you get the added benefits of ease of installation and significantly faster boots. Booting the 900P on the Windows 10 NVMe driver is the best boot experience we've ever had.

If you want the fastest, longest lasting storage for your PC, Intel's SSD 900P with its Optane memory is it. It's especially faster with applications such as video and audio content creation and editing that can thread multiple writes.