The Sabrent Rocket 5 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on February 27th, 2024. It is available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 2 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Sabrent Rocket 5 interfaces using a PCI-Express 5.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5026-E26 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Sabrent has installed 232-layer TLC NAND flash on the Rocket 5, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are processed more quickly. The cache is sized at 210 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 4500 MB/s. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 1700 MB/s. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 5.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Rocket 5 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 14,000 MB/s and 12,000 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 1400K for reads and 1400K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 340 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Sabrent guarantees an endurance rating of 1200 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.