The Sabrent Rocket Q is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on July 13th, 2020. It is available in capacities ranging from 500 GB to 8 TB. This page reports specifications for the 1 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Sabrent Rocket Q interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5012-E12S-32 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Sabrent has installed 96-layer QLC NAND flash on the Rocket Q, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are absorbed more quickly. The cache is sized at 250 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 150 MB/s. The Rocket Q is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,200 MB/s and 2,000 MB/s write; random IO reaches 125K IOPS for read and 500K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 130 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Sabrent guarantees an endurance rating of 260 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.