Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 2TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Kioxia Exceria Plus G3 2TB3. Testing Methodology4. CrystalDiskMark5. ATTO Disk Benchmark6. AS SSD7. 128KB Sequential Performance8. 4K Random Read v QD Performance9. 4K Random Write 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. Temperatures17. Real Life File Testing18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

We used CrystalDiskMark 8‘s custom settings to test the 4K random write performance of the drive through a range of queue depths. The setup for the tests is listed below.

Transfer Request Size: 4KB, Outstanding I/O: 1-32.

Kioxia rates the 4K random write performance of the Exceria Plus G3 as up to 950,000 IOPS. As with the random reads, with our four threaded tests, we couldn't get close to that number. The best test figure we saw was 412,404 IOPS (QD8).

4K random write performance v QD compared.

At QD1 the drive sits on top of the chart, the fastest 2TB class Gen 4 drive we've seen to date, being some 16,841 IOPS faster than the nearest rival, Crucial's T500. However, as the QD deepens the drive begins to sink down the chart but it never drops below the top 10 drives we've tested to date.

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