Kioxia BG5 1TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Kioxia BG5 1TB3. 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 Benchmark15. Performance Stability16. Temperatures17. 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.

Kioxia's BG5 isn't a drive you would pick for gaming and to be fair to Kioxia, it's not marketed as one. In 3DMark’s Storage Test, the BG5 had an average bandwidth figure of 482MB/s for the three-game load tests (Battlefield V, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Overwatch) with an average access time of 114µs for the same three games.

The overall average bandwidth figure for the complete test run was 447.52MB/s which sees the drive in last but one place in the results chart.

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