In the present day we’re trying on the Essential T700 2TB SSD. That is the third PCIe Gen5 SSD that I’ve reviewed, following the Inland TD510 and the Seagate FireCuda 540. Each of these drives are undoubtedly Gen5, however inside that context, their learn efficiency doesn’t push the Gen5 envelope. The T700 appears to be like to push that bar ahead with the quickest rated learn and write speeds seen but, so I’m very excited to see what this drive can do.
Essential T700 2TB NVMe SSD
The Essential T700 2TB is available in a double-sided M.2 2280 (80mm) kind issue.
The T700 is offered each with and and not using a heatsink, and as we speak we’ve got the naked drive model. With that mentioned, proper on the T700 packaging they state {that a} heatsink of some form is required, so they’re merely promoting the T700 and not using a heatsink for customers who want to use their motherboard-integrated heatsink or another answer. The T700 options the identical Phison E26 controller we’ve got seen on the FireCuda and the TD510, paired with Micron-branded 232-layer TLC NAND and a DRAM cache. On paper, this drive appears to be like similar to the FireCuda 540 and the TD510.
As a double-sided drive, the again of the T700 is residence to half the NAND.
Essential T700 SSD Specs
The T700 is available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities.
The Essential T700 we’ve got as we speak is the 2TB mannequin. Learn speeds are rated at 12400 MB/s, and write speeds are available in at 11800 MB/s. These rankings nonetheless don’t totally make the most of the output capabilities of a PCIe Gen 5 x4 connection, however they’re a step above what we’ve got seen drives rated at up till this level. Simply as importantly, this offers the T700 extra distance from top-end Gen 4 drives.
Essential sticks proper to the road of what I take into account good endurance rankings, at roughly 600 TBW per TB of capability throughout the road. On the 2TB drive, that works out to 1200 TBW of endurance, which ought to fulfill virtually everybody besides the heaviest energy customers. The guarantee is an industry-standard 5-year guarantee, although it must be famous that Inland included an distinctive 6-year guarantee with their TD510.
CrystalDiskInfo may give us some fundamental details about the SSD and confirms we’re working at PCIe 5.0 x4 speeds utilizing NVMe 2.0.
Take a look at System Configuration
We’re utilizing the next configuration for this check:
- Motherboard: MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X (12C/24T)
- RAM: 2x 16GB DDR5-6000 UDIMMs
Our testing makes use of the Essential T700 2TB because the boot drive for the system, put in within the M.2_1 slot on the motherboard. This slot helps as much as PCIe Gen 5 x4. The drive is crammed to 85% capability with knowledge, after which some is deleted, leaving round 60% used area on the amount.
Subsequent, we’re going to get into our efficiency testing.
