The high end SSD market is in a state of turmoil right now. Not only has the SATA 6Gbps interface long since reached its capacity but SATA Express is effectively dead in the water and new standards like NVMe are pushing the boundaries alongside the M.2 and U.2 form factors. As a result, high end SSDs are rapidly becoming either too expensive for all but the most diehard of users, prices of mainstream offerings are in freefall and the market itself has seen a lot of contraction when compared to previous years.

This situation also means it is a great time to be looking for a more affordable SSD; the remaining manufactures are thinking outside their normal comfort zones since much of their lineups have begun to stagnate. Indeed, actually seeing a new SSD launch outside the worlds of Samsung and Intel is a bit of a rarity these days. Hence why the AData XPG SX930 caught our attention.