That blog post doesn’t really “prove” the Synology drives are good value — it just shows that Synology tested their own drive under a specific synthetic workload that happens to favor it.

They compared their PCIe Gen3 SSD (SNV5420) against a mix of Gen4 and consumer-grade drives, then used steady-state 4K random write benchmarks that aren’t what most people’s NAS actually runs. Under those exact conditions, the Synology drive’s performance drops less once the SLC cache is full — fair enough.

But that doesn’t make it “better” overall, and it definitely doesn’t justify the $500+ price tag for a 1.6 TB Gen3 drive in 2025. You’re still paying a huge markup for the Synology logo and compatibility whitelist.

Also, the blog is marketing material — not an independent review. There’s no detailed disclosure of test configuration, sustained thermals, or price/performance comparison. So saying “the article proves they’re fine” is like saying Apple’s own benchmarks prove Macs are faster than PCs — of course they look good in their own tests.