Recently, a Lenovo Xiaoxin Pro 13 user found that the SSD on the Xiaoxin Pro 13 he purchased was not the Samsung PM981a advertised online, but the Yilian AH530.
Users were very dissatisfied with Lenovo's mixed use of solid state, which was rapidly fermented on the Internet. Lenovo officials today responded to the mixed use of solid state.
The following is Lenovo's official response:
Due to the supply strategy of important parts resources, all product parts, including SSDs, are supplied from multiple sources. The SSDs equipped with the Xiaoxin Pro 13 (all versions) are mixed materials, including Samsung PM981a, Yilian AH530, and Western SSD. The above three SSDs all conform to the NVMe protocol PCIe x4 technical specifications. Before leaving the factory, SSDs have been tested on the overall performance of the machine and meet Lenovo's factory parameter requirements. The quality assurance is the same. In addition, there is no difference in the warranty policies of SSDs from different manufacturers. Please rest assured that you can use them. At present, Western SSDs do not support the real-time online function (always on always connected), so they are not imported in Xiaoxin Pro13.
The SSD write volume standard is endurance 512G 150TBW, 1T 300TBW。 TBW refers to 1024GB of Write, that is, W refers to the amount of write. Now Samsung, UMIS and other SSDs all meet this standard.
In general, SSD lifetime is expressed in terms of the amount of writes, because the amount of writes can be obtained through actual testing.
From the perspective of user usage, the average daily write amount of ordinary users is just a few gigabytes. When setting the spec, 512G and 150TBW can be used for about 8.4 years, 1T and 300TBW can be used for about 16.8 years according to the daily write amount of 50G.
Mixing materials for important parts is a common and necessary practice in the industry. For example, iPhone A9 processors have different versions. During production, the SSD is "what for what", and the brand and model used are not related to the batch configuration. We have not publicized that Pro 13 uses a single SSD material. When displaying SSDs in the official unpacking evaluation, we also pointed out that the SSDs displayed on the screen are of "this machine" configuration. The first batch of media evaluation machines are the same batch of retail prototypes, and the materials used are the same. I hope you understand that we will also learn from the lessons and make more detailed advance notification next time.
If you want to know more about the performance level of Yilian AH530:
Yilian AH530 theoretical performance:
The above are the internal test results provided by our company. Although the continuous write performance of Yilian is better than that of Intel 760p and weaker than that of PM981a, the reading and writing level of 4K small files is very good.
We also tested the latest version 7.0.0 of CrystalDiskMark, a common software for SSDs. Samsung PM981a still has obvious advantages in continuous writing, but it is not as exaggerated as some network rumors. At the same time, recalling that AH530 is not inferior to PM981a in reading and writing the most important small files in daily use of SSDs.
It is worth mentioning that the test scenarios of all SSDs need to ensure that the configuration of the test machine is exactly the same, the software environment during the test is the same, and the background running software environment during the test is the same.
Yilian AH530's actual experience:
We measured several scenes:
Yilian AH530 is slightly inferior to PM981a when it is booted into the desktop and copies files,
It is faster to enter the desktop than 760p and MG 2200;
PS opens PSD at a speed similar to PM981a, which is weaker than 760p and better than MG-2200;
Assassin's creed: Odyssey is not sensitive to SSDs when entering the game,
CS: GO entered the game Yilian AH530 relatively fast, slightly slower than 1TB Intel 760p, and stronger than PM981a and Micron 2200.
At the same time, the main controller of Yilian AH530 is the same as most mainstream SSDs. This time, the Yilian AH530 of Xiaoxin Pro 13 uses the group connection ps5012-e12, the dram of South Asia, and the memory technology self sealing Toshiba chip.
If you still have questions about the parts and materials used in the Pro 13 you purchased, you can return the goods on the premise of complying with the seven day return without reason requirements of each platform. Please consult each sales platform for specific return policies.
Friendly tip: We can't guarantee which SSD is used by the SSD of the new machine when it is returned for purchase.
Thank you for your support for Xiaoxin. We apologize for any trouble caused to you during this sale.
↑ The above is Lenovo's official reply to the mixed use.
One part of a product is provided by multiple suppliers, that is, mixed use. This is a very normal thing. As long as you can ensure that everyone's experience is consistent when you buy it, there is no problem. Lenovo has also been tested by the scorecard software and the actual use. Samsung PM981a and Yilian AH530 have similar performance, and their attitude is relatively correct, Users who want to return goods can also return goods according to the rules of the purchase platform.
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