Gigabyte Aorus RGB 512GB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Gigabyte Aorus RGB 512GB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. IOMETER8. 128KB Sequential Performance9. 4K Random Read v QD Performance10. 4K Random Write v QD Performance11. 4K 70/30 Mixed Performance12. Throughput13. PCMark 8 - Storage Consistency14. PCMark 8 - Individual Test Suites15. PCMark 8 Storage Test - Individual Test Suites16. Performance Stability17. Real Life File Testing18. Temperatures19. Closing Thoughts20. View All Pages

When we took the heatsink off the drive to take photos of the PCB we took the chance to see what difference the heat sink makes if any. We pushed the drive by running our performance stability test (a 4K random test with a 30% write, 70% read split, at a Queue Depth of 256 over the entire disk) and tracking the temperature as the test was running.

Without the heatsink the drive averaged 51.4° for the test while with the heatsink installed it averaged 45.3° making it a useful drive for use in a compact PC build.

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