The Mancer Blink X1 is a solid-state drive in the 2.5" form factor, launched in 2022. It is available in capacities ranging from 240 GB to 512 GB. This page reports specifications for the 512 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Mancer Blink X1 interfaces using a SATA 6 Gbps connection. The SSD controller is the YS9082HC from Yeestor, a DRAM cache is not available. Mancer has installed 144-layer QLC NAND flash on the Blink X1, the flash chips are made by Intel. Please note that this SSD is sold in multiple variants with different NAND flash or controller, which could affect performance, the "Notes" section at the end of this page has more info. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are absorbed more quickly. The Blink X1 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 530 MB/s and 480 MB/s write; random IO reaches 70K IOPS for read and 80K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 69 USD. The warranty length is set to one year, which is quite short for the SSD industry. Mancer guarantees an endurance rating of 230 TBW, a high value.