Patriot P300 P512GM28US PCIe x4 NVMe 512 GB SSD Benchmarked
The Patriot P300 series is the company's mid-tier lineup of M.2 SSDs in contrast to the higher-end Patriot Viper series designed for gamers. Patriot wants the P300 to be an affordable solution for SATA III users ready to make the plunge into NVMe SSDs.
Current options range from 128 GB all the way up to 2 TB with a starting price of $35 USD. Retailers like Amazon and Newegg already have the P300 in stock and the manufacturer is selling the drive directly as well. Our benchmarks below reflect the 512 GB version of the drive.
P300 m.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 SSD Specification Comparison | |||
Capacity | 256 GB | 512 GB | 1 TB |
Model Number | P300P256GM28 | P300P512GM28 | P300P1TBM28 |
Controller | Next-generation Controller | ||
Form-Factor, Interface | M.2-2280, PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3 | ||
Sequential Read | 1,700MB/s | 2,100MB/s | |
Sequential Write | 1,100MB/s | 1,200MB/s | 1,650MB/s |
4K Aligned Random Read IOPS | 290K IOPS | ||
4K Aligned Random Write IOPS | 260K IOPS | ||
TBW | 80 TB | 160 TB | 320 TB |
Power Consumption | Full: 2.07W | Full: 2.07W | Full: 2.38W |
O/S Supported | Windows™ 7/8.0/8.1/10 | ||
Features | • HMB technology (win 10) • NANDXtend ECC technology | ||
Warranty | Limited 3 years | ||
MTBF | 2,000,000 hours | ||
MSRP (US Only) | US$ 64.99 | US$ 104.99 | US$ 164.99 |
Test System
Our host system for the Patriot SSD will be the 17.3-inch Walmart EVOO Gaming 17 laptop which is able to house dual M.2 PCIe x4 SSDs and even a 2.5-inch SATA III drive. Installation is as straightforward as it can be; we inserted the SSD as a secondary drive before booting up the laptop as normal.
See our review on the Walmart EVOO Gaming 17 to learn more about the system.
AS SSD & CrystalDiskMark
We're able to reach the advertised read rate of 1700 MB/s when running CDM at a queue depth of 32 on a single thread. While results are at least two to three times faster than SATA III, the competing 1 TB Western Digital Blue SN550 is faster across the board. You'll have to upgrade to the 1 TB P300 for faster speeds of up to 2100 MB/s.
| Patriot P300P512GM28US , , Patriot P300 P300P512GM28US | Western Digital Blue SN550 NVMe , , Western Digital Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 1 TB WDS100T2B0C | Kingston KC600 , | Razer Blade Stealth i7-1065G7 Iris Plus Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU), i7-1065G7, Samsung SSD PM981 MZVLB256HAHQ | Dell XPS 15 7590 9980HK GTX 1650 GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i9-9980HK, Toshiba XG6 KXG60ZNV1T02 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 | 41% | -33% | 26% | 33% | |
| Write 4K (MB/s) | 128.5 | 234.3 82% | 132.8 3% | 176.8 38% | 104.3 -19% |
| Read 4K (MB/s) | 30.98 | 53.1 71% | 49.62 60% | 48.38 56% | 45.23 46% |
| Write Seq (MB/s) | 1111 | 1978 78% | 416.1 -63% | 1332 20% | 1729 56% |
| Read Seq (MB/s) | 1100 | 1102 0% | 550 -50% | 1644 49% | 1861 69% |
| Write 4K Q32T1 (MB/s) | 533 | 573 8% | 339.2 -36% | 440.6 -17% | 509 -5% |
| Read 4K Q32T1 (MB/s) | 652 | 763 17% | 378.1 -42% | 559 -14% | 388.5 -40% |
| Write Seq Q32T1 (MB/s) | 1540 | 2011 31% | 483.9 -69% | 1104 -28% | 2813 83% |
| Read Seq Q32T1 (MB/s) | 1707 | 2355 38% | 563 -67% | 3481 104% | 2906 70% |
| Write 4K Q8T8 (MB/s) | 1469 | 343.4 | |||
| Read 4K Q8T8 (MB/s) | 1434 | 372.1 | |||
| AS SSD | 6% | -30% | -29% | 41% | |
| Copy Game MB/s (MB/s) | 1222 | 1488 22% | 717 -41% | 334.2 -73% | 1824 49% |
| Copy Program MB/s (MB/s) | 1202 | 799 -34% | 621 -48% | 382.7 -68% | 984 -18% |
| Copy ISO MB/s (MB/s) | 1088 | 1496 38% | 1062 -2% | 1418 30% | 3182 192% |
| Score Total (Points) | 2458 | 2280 -7% | 1144 -53% | 1644 -33% | 3638 48% |
| Score Write (Points) | 1408 | 1396 -1% | 457 -68% | 528 -62% | 1693 20% |
| Score Read (Points) | 683 | 598 -12% | 444 -35% | 770 13% | 1294 89% |
| Access Time Write * (ms) | 0.092 | 0.096 -4% | 0.034 63% | 0.09 2% | 0.039 58% |
| Access Time Read * (ms) | 0.024 | 0.024 -0% | 0.037 -54% | 0.085 -254% | 0.05 -108% |
| 4K-64 Write (MB/s) | 1147 | 1098 -4% | 315.1 -73% | 309.9 -73% | 1456 27% |
| 4K-64 Read (MB/s) | 553 | 386.4 -30% | 358.1 -35% | 531 -4% | 1078 95% |
| 4K Write (MB/s) | 131.7 | 165.7 26% | 96.5 -27% | 135.1 3% | 98.3 -25% |
| 4K Read (MB/s) | 24.37 | 26.84 10% | 41.69 71% | 40.12 65% | 43.25 77% |
| Seq Write (MB/s) | 1300 | 1322 2% | 452.1 -65% | 827 -36% | 1386 7% |
| Seq Read (MB/s) | 1060 | 1852 75% | 447.3 -58% | 1989 88% | 1723 63% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | 24% /
18% | -32% /
-31% | -2% /
-9% | 37% /
38% |
* ... smaller is better
ATTO
The ATTO benchmark tests various block sizes from 512 bytes to 64 Megabytes to paint a broader picture of SSD performance. In this scenario, we can see that read and write rates top out about 1.44 GB/s to 1.6 GB/s each at block sizes of 256 KB and greater. In comparison, the gaming-centric Asura Genesis Xtreme tops out at 3 GB/s to imply that the Patriot SSD isn't fully exploiting the PCIe x4 interface due to its budget specifications.
| Patriot P300P512GM28US , , Patriot P300 P300P512GM28US | Western Digital Blue SN550 NVMe , , Western Digital Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 1 TB WDS100T2B0C | Kingston KC600 , | Intel NUC8i7BEH Asura NVMe SSD Iris Plus Graphics 655, i7-8559U, Asura Genesis Xtreme NVMe M.2 SSD 1 TB | Samsung 960 Pro 1TB Titan X Pascal, E5-2680 v4, Samsung SSD 960 Pro 1TB m.2 NVMe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATTO Disk Benchmark | 48% | -51% | 115% | 123% | |
| 8192KB write (KB/s) | 1440000 | 1830000 27% | 463350 -68% | 1960000 36% | 2079890 44% |
| 4096KB write (KB/s) | 1440000 | 1760000 22% | 461260 -68% | 1960000 36% | 2090010 45% |
| 2048KB write (KB/s) | 1440000 | 1760000 22% | 456120 -68% | 1970000 37% | 2090010 45% |
| 1024KB write (KB/s) | 1440000 | 1780000 24% | 453100 -69% | 1960000 36% | 2100230 46% |
| 512KB write (KB/s) | 1440000 | 1810000 26% | 452100 -69% | 1960000 36% | 2090010 45% |
| 256KB write (KB/s) | 1420000 | 1780000 25% | 448790 -68% | 1920000 35% | 2098690 48% |
| 128KB write (KB/s) | 1440000 | 1780000 24% | 434550 -70% | 1940000 35% | 2078800 44% |
| 64KB write (KB/s) | 1420000 | 1740000 23% | 418330 -71% | 1870000 32% | 2073620 46% |
| 32KB write (KB/s) | 1390000 | 1640000 18% | 434340 -69% | 1620000 17% | 2054220 48% |
| 16KB write (KB/s) | 1350000 | 1390000 3% | 405410 -70% | 1160000 -14% | 1102410 -18% |
| 8192KB read (KB/s) | 1470000 | 2260000 54% | 533330 -64% | 2970000 102% | 2960680 101% |
| 4096KB read (KB/s) | 1590000 | 2310000 45% | 529660 -67% | 2960000 86% | 3019900 90% |
| 2048KB read (KB/s) | 1590000 | 2290000 44% | 524830 -67% | 2920000 84% | 3026480 90% |
| 1024KB read (KB/s) | 1470000 | 2260000 54% | 526030 -64% | 2860000 95% | 3263860 122% |
| 512KB read (KB/s) | 1450000 | 1630000 12% | 523640 -64% | 2820000 94% | 3197250 121% |
| 256KB read (KB/s) | 1520000 | 2280000 50% | 517570 -66% | 3080000 103% | 3230230 113% |
| 128KB read (KB/s) | 1150000 | 2070000 80% | 501720 -56% | 2670000 132% | 3003310 161% |
| 64KB read (KB/s) | 615190 | 1430000 132% | 517280 -16% | 2550000 315% | 2458920 300% |
| 32KB read (KB/s) | 411140 | 917140 123% | 497710 21% | 2190000 433% | 2432300 492% |
| 16KB read (KB/s) | 217710 | 550840 153% | 463630 113% | 1440000 561% | 1257110 477% |
Data Compression
Temperature
Running CDM increases drive temperature by 24 degrees C compared to 15 degrees C on the faster WD SN550. However, this shouldn't be taken as an apples to apples comparison since the WD SN550 test was set up as a primary drive in contrast to our Patriot test.
Verdict
The Patriot P300 series has found itself in a tight spot in the current market. The competing 500 GB WD Blue SN550, for example, offers similar read and write rates as our 512 GB P300 (1700 MB/s read and 1100 MB/s write) while retailing for less on Amazon ($65 vs. $80). WD even offers a longer limited manufacturer warranty of 5 years compared to 3 years from Patriot. The P300 series will have to drop in price sooner rather later or it will risk being overlooked by budget-conscious users and PC builders.
Price comparison
