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

To test the real-life performance of a drive, we use a mix of folder/file types and use the FastCopy utility (which gives a time as well as MB/s result).

Data file – 100GB.
BluRay Movie – 42GB.
Movie demos 8K – 21GB – (11 demos).
Raw Movie Clips 4K – 16GB – (9 MP4V files).
Movie folder – 12GB – 15 files – (8 @ .MKV, 4 @ .MOV, 3 @ MP4).
Photo Folder – 10GB – 304 files – (171 @ .RAW, 105 @ JPG, 21 @ .CR2, 5 @ .DNG).
Audio Folder – 10GB – 1,483 files – (1479 @ MP3, 4 @ .FLAC files).
Single large image – 5GB – 1.5bn pixel photo.
3D Printer File Folder – 4.25GB – (166 files – 105 @ .STL, 38 @ .FBX, 11 @ .blend, 5 @ .lwo, 4 @ .OBJ, 3@ .3ds).
AutoCAD File Folder – 1.5GB (80 files – 60 @ .DWG and 20 @.DXF).

The 4TB Corsair MP700 Micro averaged 4,578MB/s when writing the contents of the 10 real-life transfer tests, with the fastest being the 7,263MB/s (2 secs) for the 4K Movie Clip folder and the slowest the 507MB/s (106 secs) for the 50GB File folder transfer.

Reading the data back, the drive averaged 4,839MB/s, with the fastest performance coming with the 100GB data file at 6,186MB/s (17 secs), with the 50GB file transfer again the slowest, this time at 1,113MB/s (49 secs).

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