At first, we would like to thank Neo Forza for sending us a sample of their eSports NFP075 M.2 2280 2TB PCIe SSD for testing and reviewing.

 

 

 

About Neo Forza:

 

“Capacity is Power, Speed is King

We are a professional team, studying in computer memory and storage devices industry for more than 10 years.

 

In order to meet the rising demand on speed and capacity of the high-end gaming market players, we created Neo Forza, a new generation of ultra-standard overclocking module, SSD and other related storage device designing brand.

 

— Neo Forza – The New Force for Gaming market?

 

Neo-represents from virtual to reality, showing our core value for product innovation.

 

Forza– shows our strength and determination to meet gamers every need.

 

Neo Forza possess strong resources, focus on core technology. From research & design, specific production to exceed the testing benchmark; Neo Forza keep pushing over technical boundary, providing top-notch performance and quality, providing gamers / game players extraordinary using experience.

 

Neo Forza beliefs

– High components integration

– Top-notch engineering technology

– Uncompromising for quality and effectiveness

– Constant logistics and services

– Constant upgrading and breaking boundaries”

 

Product Features:

 

World-Class Quality

Designed specifically for eSports machines, state-of-the-art home-theater system libraries, content-creation PCs, 24/7 storage appliances, workstations, DIY family-cloud servers. No heat-spreader needed.

 

Outstanding Throughput

PCIe Gen3.1 x4 with ideal 32Gbps bandwidth, large capacity DRAM and very high read-write speeds.

 

Superior Durability

LDPC error correction for drive longevity and reliability.

 

Certification & Compliance

RoHS / WHQL / PCI Express Base 3.1 / UNH-IOL NVM Express 1.3

 

Compatibility

PCIe Gen 3.1 x 4 lanes backward compatible with PCIe Gen 3.0 / 2.0 / 1.0 systems. 8 IO queues supported (1 admin queue and 8 IO queue). Each IO queue support 256 entries.

 

Supports APST / ASPM / L1.2 power management.

 

Supports SMART and TRIM commands.

 

Backed by a 3-year warranty

The eSports NFP075 is made using the finest 3D NAND Flash with custom circuitry and boards. Every component passes meticulous screening, testing, and certification. The eSports NFP075 therefore ships with the comfort of a 3-year warranty.

 

 

Product Specifications:

 

Form Factor: M.2 2280 PCIe M Key

NAND Flash: 3D TLC special-selection

Dimensions (mm): 22 x 80 ultra-thin fits into all M.2 2280 NVMe ultrathin laptops and super mini-PCs

Interface: NVMe 1.3, PCIe 3.1 x 4

Capacity: 2TB

Rated speeds (1TB capacity): 3400MB/s Read | 3000MB/s Write

4K IOPS: 450000 Read | 680000 Write

TBW: 1550TB

Temperature: Operating: 0°C-70°C @ 3.3V±5% Storage: -40°C- 85°C

Warranty: TBW or 3 Years (whichever first reached)

 

After reviewing the 1TB version of the Neo Forza NFP075 eSports M.2 SSD, it is time to also check out the SKU with double the storage space. The new drive shares the packaging characteristics with the previous model, with a small plastic window in the middle, but also logos of the supported technologies such as 3D NAND, SLC caching and LDPC ECC:

 

 

 

On the back side, we will note the drive specifications per each model, some hardware features but also the product internal code name and serial number:

 

 

 

The drive is additionally held inside a transparent plastic mold for protection during transit:

 

 

 

NFP075 comes with a medium-sized sticker on the frontal side of the PCB, reminding us of the brand, code name of the product, the supported bus, capacity but also the full SN:

 

 

 

On the back area, we will find placeholders for four NAND packages but also a RAM cache, none of which being populated:

 

 

 

After removing the frontal sticker, we’ll note the existence of a memory cache, a controller but also four NAND ICs:

 

 

 

The RAM chip for storing the tables was produced by Xi’an UniIC Semiconductors and sports the SCB13H4G160 code name. This one is clocked at 1866Mhz and is of DDR3L type:

 

 

 

The controller is a Phison PS5012-E12S model and supports up to 8 channels with 32 chips, comes with a dual-CPU architecture with built-in 32-bit microcontroller and also packs support for PCIe Gen 3x4 interfaces, being compliant with the NVMe 1.3 standard. The controller was built on TSMC’s 28nm process technology, can be incorporated with both 3D TLC and QLC NAND packages, while on the error correction side we do have support for LDPC ECC and RAID ECC, a DDR ECC engine but also End-to-End Data Path Protection:

 

 

 

The NAND ICs sport the TABHG65AWV code name and are Toshiba BiCS 3D TLC 96-layer:

 

 

 

Test Bench:

 

CPU: Intel I5 9700K Retail

CPU Cooler: Deepcool Captain 240 EX RGB AIO

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

RAM: Patriot Memory Viper RGB Series DDR4

Video: KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB

Power Supply: Cooler Master 850W

SSD: OCZ Vector 150

Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840

 

 

The drive has arrived unformatted; we did proceed with the usual steps in order to format it as NTFS:

 

 

With the help of AIDA64, we could extract more information regarding the drive:

 

 

The Tests

 

HDTach Short Test

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HDTach Long Test

 

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CrystalMark HDD Test Suite

 

AIDA64 Disk Test Suite

 

PCMark05 HDD Test Suite

 

 

PCMark 8

 

HDTune Test Suite

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PCMark Vantage HDD Test Suite

 

PCMark 7

 

Anvil [Read]

Anvil [Write]

 

Extra Tests:

 

AS SSD Benchmark

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AS SSD Benchmark (IOPS)

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ATTO Disk Benchmark

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CrystalDiskMark

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The Tests

 

HDTach Short Test

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HDTach Long Test

 

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CrystalMark HDD Test Suite

 

AIDA64 Disk Test Suite

 

PCMark05 HDD Test Suite

 

 

PCMark 8

 

HDTune Test Suite

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PCMark Vantage HDD Test Suite

 

PCMark 7

 

Anvil [Read]

 

Anvil [Write]

 

Extra Tests:

 

AS SSD Benchmark

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AS SSD Benchmark (IOPS)

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ATTO Disk Benchmark

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CrystalDiskMark

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The NFP075 2TB M.2 SSD comes with 3D TLC NAND, not QLC and this really reflects in high transfer speeds, even after the pseudo-SLC space has been filled but also when looking at the rated TBW. While Neo Forza guarantees an endurance of 1550 TB for the 2TB model, we have noted an SSD from another brand which uses similar components with a TBW of no less than 3115, so we think that the declared value is a bit low, which is great! The drive positions itself in terms of performance with other high-specced PCIe 3.0 drives on the market such as the Crucial P5 and won't throttle during intense use if installed in a well ventilated case.

 

While using ATTO Disk Benchmark, we have observed write rates at even higher values versus the one mentioned in the specs, but also ran a full HD Tune write test after erasing the test drive partition:

 

 

Considering the increased storage space, the NFP075 SSD is ideally used in gaming laptops as the primary drive (since it does not get as hot as PCIe 4.0 drives), but can be also installed in powerful workstations in order to work with large projects. Installing and running large games is no issue either, since we are dealing with a model with additional caching RAM (and not DRAMless as we have seen with other low-cost implementations).

 

The product is not yet available everywhere, but at launch its price will hover around $220. By studying the design on the back of the PCB, we think that a 4TB version could be made available as well as an additional SKU.

Neo Forza eSports NFP075 M.2 2280 2TB PCIe SSD is Recommended for:

 

 

 

We would like to thank again to Neo Forza for making this review possible!