Kioxia Exceria PRO G2 4TB PCIe 5.0 SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Kioxia Exceria PRO G2 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 3DMark’s Storage Test, the Exceria PRO G2 produced an average game loading bandwidth figure for the three games of 1,316MB/s with an average access time of 40µs.

In the Game Move, Recording, Installing and Saving traces part of the benchmark, the drive averaged 1,065.32MB/s with an average access time for the four tests of 32.7µs.

The average bandwidth figure for the 4TB G2 for the complete benchmark run was 884.78MB/s, which puts the drive into third place in the results table.

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