MSI Spatium M480 HS 2TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. MSI Spatium M480 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. Performance Stability15. Drive Temperatures16. Real Life File Testing17. Closing Thoughts18. View All Pages

The MSI Spatium M480 comes with the option to use the drive without a heat sink to use with any motherboard cooling system or using the chunky heatsink MSI bundled with the drive. We ran a couple of tests with the plain drive (no heatsink) and it got hot very quickly when being pushed:

• ATTO 56° C
• CrystalDiskMark 8 default Read 63° C
• CrystalDiskMark 8 default Write 67° C

As you can see from the test results using the drive with the heatsink installed, it makes quite some difference:

• ATTO 36° C
• CrystalDiskMark 8 default Read 41° C
• CrystalDiskMark 8 default Write 46° C

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