Corsair MP700 Elite 2TB with Heatsink Gen 5 SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Corsair MP700 Elite 2TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. 128KB Sequential Performance8. 4K Random Read v QD Performance9. 4K Random Write v QD Performance10. 4K 70/30 Mixed Performance11. 4K Random Performance QD1-QD812. Throughput13. PCMark 10 Full System Drive Benchmark14. 3DMark Storage Benchmark 15. Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Official Benchmark16. Tempratures17. Real Life File Testing18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

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 Test, the MP700 Elite with Heatsink produced an average game loading bandwidth figure for the three games of 832.21MB/s with an average access time of 61µs, which is more or less the same performance as the Phison E31T reference design.

In the game moving, recording, installing and saving test traces the drive averaged 1,426.05MB/s with an average access time of 35µs for the four tests.

The average bandwidth figure for the E31T for the complete benchmark run was 714.51MB/s which puts the drive in a penultimate place in the results table. At first glance, this may seem disappointing but the thing to remember is the rest of the drives in the table are all high-end drives but the technology in the MP700 Elite with Heatsink is aimed at the mainstream segment.

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