The Teamgroup T-Force Z540 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on February 23rd, 2023. It is available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 1 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Teamgroup T-Force Z540 interfaces using a PCI-Express 5.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5026-E26 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Teamgroup has installed 232-layer TLC NAND flash on the T-Force Z540, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 5.0 interface, performance is excellent. The T-Force Z540 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 11,700 MB/s and 9,500 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 1400K for reads and 1400K for writes.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Teamgroup guarantees an endurance rating of 700 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.