Corsair MP700 Elite 2TB with Heatsink Gen 5 SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Corsair MP700 Elite 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. 3DMark Storage Benchmark 15. Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker Official Benchmark16. Tempratures17. 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 by using the FastCopy utility (which gives a time as well as MB/s result) we record the performance of the drive reading from & writing to a 256GB Samsung SSD850 PRO.

To get a measure of how much faster PCIe NVMe drives are than standard SATA SSD we use the same files but transfer to and from a 2TB Kioxia Exceria Plus drive.

Transfer Details
100GB data file.
50GB File folder – 28,523 files.
10GB Audio folder – (1,483 files – 1479 @ MP3, 4 @ .FLAC files).
5GB (1.5bn pixel) photo.
21GB 8K Movie demos – (11 demos)
16GB 4K Raw Movie Clips – (9 MP4V files).
4.25GB 3D Printer File Folder – (166 files – 105 @ .STL, 38 @ .FBX, 11 @ .blend, 5 @ .lwo, 4 @ .OBJ, 3@ .3ds).
1.5GB AutoCAD File Folder (80 files – 60 @ .DWG and 20 @.DXF).

The MP700 Elite with Heatsink averaged 4,082MB/s when writing the 8 transfer tests, with the fastest being 7,120MB/s for the 4K Raw Movie Clips folder with the 50GB file folder transfer being the slowest at 578MB/s.

Reading back the data the average was 4,299MB/s and this time around it was the 5GB Photo transfer that was the fastest at 5,930MB/s and again it was the 50GB file folder transfer that was the slowest at 1,283MB/s.

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