Crucial T500 2TB PCIe Gen4 SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Crucial T500 Pro 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. Tempretures17. Real Life File Testing18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

We used CrystalDiskMark 8‘s custom settings to test the Sequential read and write performance of the drive through a range of queue depths. The setup for the tests is listed below.

128KB Sequential Read / Write.

Transfer Request Size: 128KB, Thread(s): 1, Outstanding I/O: 1-32.

In this test, we couldn't quite hit the official maximum Sequential read and write speeds of 7,400MB/s and 7,000MB/s respectively with a best-read result of 7,223.19MB/s and a best-write figure of 6,811.07MB/s.

128KB Sequential Read v QD compared

At QDs 1 and 2, the T500 is the fastest Gen 4 drive we've seen to date. At QD 4 it slips behind WD's Black SN850X heatsink drive and at QD32 it lies in a low middle position in the results table.

128KB Sequential Write v QD compared

At QD1 the drive sits in the lower half of the Sequential write results chart. QDs 2, 4 and 32 see the drive climb to a mid-table position.

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