Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB3. 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. 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.

In the Game Loading test, the Corsair MP700 Micro sits in third from last spot in the table, just behind Corsair's MP700 Elite with Heatsink.

Corsair's MP700 Micro is just below the MP700 Elite with Heatsink in third from last spot in the Game Move, Recording, Install and Save tests, but its slower access times in all four tests (bar the Game Recording test) see it in last place in this particular table.

In the overall bandwidth result for the test run, the 4TB MP700 Micro's score of 658.62MB/s sees it in third from last position.

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