Lexar NM790 4TB SSD Review

1. Introduction2. Lexar NM790 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. Drive Temperatures17. Real Life File Transfers18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

We used CrystalDiskMark 8‘s custom settings to test the 4K random read performance of the drive through a range of queue depths. The setup for the tests is listed below.

Transfer Request Size: 4KB, Outstanding I/O: 1-32.

We haven't seen any official 4K random performance figures for the NM790 but the Maxiotech controller is rated as up to 1,000K IOPS for random reads. Using our 4-threaded tests we couldn't get close to that figure. The best we saw was 620,827 IOPS.

4K Random Read v QD Performance

With 4TB of fast NAND running at a full 2400 MT/s interface speed the drive produced the fastest speeds at QDs 1, 2 and 32 we've seen to date for any consumer drive. At QD4 it is still the fastest Gen 4 drive but is outstripped by all the Gen 5 drives we've tested.

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