The Aorus RGB AIC NVMe SSD is a solid-state drive in the Add-In Card form factor, launched in April 2019. It is available in capacities ranging from 512 GB to 1 TB. This page reports specifications for the 512 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Aorus RGB AIC NVMe SSD interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5012-E12-27 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Aorus has installed 64-layer TLC NAND flash on the RGB AIC NVMe SSD, the flash chips are made by Toshiba. Please note that this SSD is sold in multiple variants with different NAND flash or controller, which could affect performance, the "Notes" section at the end of this page has more info. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. The cache is sized at 17 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 588 MB/s. The RGB AIC NVMe SSD is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,480 MB/s and 2,100 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 360K for reads and 510K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 249 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Aorus guarantees an endurance rating of 800 TBW, a good value.