Giving your Raspberry Pi 5 speedy data transfer and super-fast boot!

Introducing the X1001 PIP NVMe SSD shield, a convenient and efficient solution to enhance your Raspberry Pi 5 storage capabilities. With its sleek and compact design, this shield allows for easy attachment of various M.2 SSD lengths (including 2280, 2260, 2242, and 2230) to your Raspberry Pi 5.

Equipped with a PCIe 2.0/3.0 interface, the X1001 offers lightning-fast data transfer speeds of up to 8Gbps, enabling you to transfer large amounts of data within seconds. Its compatibility with the Raspberry Pi official passive cooler ensures optimal heat dissipation without compromising performance. The inclusion of mounting holes and standoffs provides added protection for your solid-disk drives while effectively dissipating heat.

With the X1001, you no longer need to guess the reading or writing status of your SSD, as it features a built-in LED light that indicates the current activity. This makes it easier for you to monitor your SSD's performance.

Whether you're looking to create a home media center or build a Network-attached storage (NAS) system for storing and streaming your own videos, music, and photos, the X1001 can serve as the perfect storage solution. Furthermore, it supports operating system booting from your SSD, resulting in faster application launches, web serving, and file copying.

Compatible With
- Raspberry Pi 5B

- Optimal storage solution designed specifically for Raspberry Pi 5 - M.2 NVMe SSD Shield
- Supports high-capacity M.2 NVMe solid-state drives up to 4TB
- Accommodates various M.2 NVMe SSD form factors, including 2280, 2260, 2242, and 2230
- Offers fast data transfer speeds with PCIe 2.0 5Gbps / PCIe 3.0 8Gbps
- Does not compromise cooling performance and is fully compatible with the official active cooler
- Features a blue LED indicator that displays power and drive status
- Equipped with an integrated high-efficiency DC/DC step-down converter, providing up to 3.5A of power for your SSD
- Can be conveniently stacked on top of other HATs with the use of an extended female header
- Includes an additional 2-pin XH2.54 connector for optional extra 5V power input

* NVMe SSD Incompatibility list on the bottom of the page.

Test Conditions

-System board details: Raspberry Pi 5 Model B Rev 1.0 , 4G RAM

-Interface board details: X1000, X1001 and X1002 NVMe Shield

-Operation system: Raspberry Pi OS with desktop (Debian12 (bookworm), 32bit, Release date: October 10th 2023)

-Storage details: Netac N930E-PRO M.2 NVMe 128GB

Testing the SSD speed from command line with dd

1) To test the write speed, writing 1 GB of data in 10 blocks of 100 MB.

2) To test the read speed, use dd to read our entire TestingFile file generated from the last command, in 10 blocks of 100 MB each.

Run at PCIe 2.0

Run at PCIe 3.0
 

As seen above, the final results with the dd command are:

  -Write speed: 379 MB/s at PCIe 2.0, 603MB/s at PCIe 3.0
  -Read speed: 415 MB/s at PCie 2.0, 781MB/s at PCIe 3.0

Testing disk drive read speed with hdparm

Run at PCIe 2.0, average read rate: 395.5 MB/s (3 samples)

Run at PCIe 3.0, average read rate: 768.3 MB/s (3 samples)

-  X1001 V1.1 NVMe shield x1

-  Screw pack x1