The 3DMark Storage Benchmark uses traces recorded from popular games and gaming-related activities to measure real-world gaming performance.
Traces used:
Battlefield V
Loading Battlefield™ V from launch to the main menu.
Call of Duty Black Ops 4
Loading Call of Duty®: Black Ops 4 from launch to the main menu.
Overwatch
Loading Overwatch® from launch to the main menu.
Game Move
Copying the Steam folder for Counter-Strike®: Global Offensive from an external SSD to the system drive.
Game Recording
Recording a 1080p gameplay video at 60 FPS with OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) while playing Overwatch®.
Installing Game
Installing The Outer Worlds® from the Epic Games Launcher.
Game Saving
Saving progress in The Outer Worlds game.
In 3DMark's Storage Benchmark Game Loading test, the MP600 Elite with Heatsink averaged 727.14MB/s for the three-game loading tests with an average time of 72 µs.
In the game moving, recording, installing and saving test traces the drive averaged 1,100MB/s with an average access time of 44.2µs for the four tests.
The average bandwidth figure for the drive was 598.43MB/s, a score that sees the Corsair MP600 Elite with Heatsink positioned in mid-table.