This post was last edited by RickWang on 2024-3-29 14:39
With the advancement of technology, both Intel and AMD camps have updated the SSD channels of new motherboards to Gen5 specifications. Although Gen5 SSDs have faster read and write speeds than Gen4, they are accompanied by higher temperatures. And because the technology is not yet complete, the current price is also on the high side;
Under such circumstances, Gen4 SSD is still the first choice for most players when setting up a computer. As a major memory particle manufacturer: Micron, it has previously launched the P5 PLUS using Phison E18 controller, which has stable read and write performance and a good price. It has been widely praised by everyone; last year, Micron launched the Crucial T700 Gen5 SSD for the e-sports series, and also redefined the naming method of the brand model; in the first quarter of this year, it also launched the T700’s younger brother, and it will be launched this time. box of T500 Pro Gen4 SSD.
=====Unboxing=====
The box design of the T500 PRO is the same as that of the T700. There is a big T500 PRO model printed in the middle, and there is a picture of the SSD on the left. This time I unboxed the version with a pre-installed heat sink; if it does not have a pre-installed heat sink, Only pictures of single SSD will be printed.
In terms of read and write performance, this time the T500 has chosen a new solution for the main control, so the speed performance is also faster than the P5 PLUS, reaching the current top speed of Gen4.
The back of the box also has special instructions in multiple languages, including:
1. Low profile heat sink compatible with PS5
2. Accelerate game and content creation through Microsoft DirectStorage
3.Downward compatible with Gen3
A more complete model number is printed on the side, and the length of the T500 PRO is 2280.
The contents inside are as simple as ever, just an SSD with a pre-installed heat sink and an instruction manual that you can’t read at all.
=====Micron Crucial T500 PRO Gen4 SSD=====
The T500 PRO unboxed this time is the version with a pre-installed heat sink. The front of the heat sink is frosted like the T700. The Micron Crucial LOGO is printed on the left side, and the T500 PCle Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD model is printed on the right side. ;
In the read and write part, the Micron Crucial T500 PRO Gen4 SSD 1TB version is officially calibrated with a continuous read of 7300 MB/s and a continuous write of 6800 MB/s. The TBW endurance is the same as the T700 at 600 TB.
The bottom case has a warranty and relevant safety regulations sticker. The T500 PRO also provides a 5-year warranty. It should be noted that the version with a pre-installed heat sink must not remove the sticker on the back, otherwise it will be void.
This time, the heat sink of the T500 is designed to be painlessly compatible with the PS5, so it is also specially designed to be a little shorter in thickness. However, because the Gen4 SSD does not generate much heat, this thickness is enough; but it seems that Micron also I hope users will not dismantle the heat sink at will, so this time there is no screw hole designed to disassemble and see the internal particles. However, in terms of specifications, Micron officially still provides them. The main control is Phison E25, and the particles are Use Micronโs latest 232-layer TLC particles.
Here we also put the T700 heat sink that was unboxed before for a cross-sectional height comparison. This shows how warm the temperature of Gen5 is… it is directly and ruthlessly twice as high as that of T500 PRO.
=====Performance & Temperature Test======
Next, we will start the read and write test. Before starting the test, I will also put the list of this test platform for your reference. In addition, because the heat sink of the T500 PRO cannot be removed this time, the original heat sink of the motherboard will be discarded directly;
Processor: Intel Core i7-12700K
Radiator: DEEPCOOL LT720 WHITE
Motherboard: NZXT N5 Z690
Memory: Zhiqi G.SKILL Flame Halberd 16G*2 3200MHz
System disk: Kingston FURY Renegade Gen4 SSD 1TB
Test disk: Micron Crucial T500 PRO Gen4 SSD 1TB
Power supply: FSP Hydro PTM X PRO 1200W WHITE + BearMod bear module cable
Before starting, put in the CPU-Z information to verify your identity.
After entering the system disk manager and formatting, the usable space of the Micron Crucial T500 PRO Gen4 SSD is still 931.5GB.
In CrystalDiskInfo, you can also see that the transmission interface is PCIe 4.0 x4 and the standard is NVM Express 2.0, and it supports SMART, TRIM and VolatileWriteCache;
The test environment this time was also open, and the room temperature happened to be 31 degrees on a hot weekend. In standby, the temperature of the T500 PRO hovered around 30 degrees.
The first is the CrystalDiskMark test. The Micron Crucial T500 PRO sequential read and sequential write scores are 7099.92 MB/s and 6668.36 MB/s respectively. The 4K small block random write depth 1 read and write scores are 92.92 MB/s respectively. s and 356.99 MB/s.
The sequential read and sequential write IOPS are 6771.01 IOPS and 6359.24 IOPS respectively.
Because when I tested in the default mode, I found that my reading performance could not reach the official 7300 MB/s, so I also switched to the best performance mode to test. The reading and writing performance were 7097.65 MB/s and 6680.62 MB respectively. /s, neither is close to the official value. It is speculated that it is a physical problem, but it is basically not far from the official data.
The real-world performance read and write speeds are 5551.02 MB/s and 5271.63 MB/s. In all CrystalDiskMark tests, the highest temperature of the SSD is 50 degrees, which is much normal compared to Gen5.
In the TxBENCH reading and writing test, 7054.41 MB/s and 6633.556 MB/s were obtained respectively, both of which were slightly lower than the official figures.
Next is ATTO Disk BenchMark, the highest writing speed is 6.25 GB/s, and the highest reading speed is 6.59 GB/s; in the same ATTO Disk BenchMark test, the highest IO writing speed is 193.72K IO/s, and the highest reading speed is 193.72K IO/s. The speed is 178.57K IO/s.
Next is AS SSD BenchMark. The total score of T500 PRO is 11039 points. In the reading and writing test, it is 5583.15 MB/s and 4704.93 MB/s respectively. The 4K 64-Thrd is 2996.22 MB/s and 4795.24 MB/s respectively; In the random access IO part, sequential reads and writes are 348.95 iops and 294.06 iops respectively.
Finally, there is the copy and compression performance test of AS SSD BenchMark. In the copy, ISO, program, and game measured 4886.31 MB/s, 2220.3 MB/s, and 3242.2 MB/s respectively, while the compression performance test averaged about 5600 MB/s. s and about 5300 MB/s.
=====Summary=====
The above is the unboxing and testing of Micron Crucial T500 Pro Gen4 SSD~~
P5 PLUS has laid a good foundation for Micron’s mainstream Gen4 SSD. However, before the T500 PRO appeared, the biggest shortcoming of P5 PLUS was that it used an E18 controller in reading and writing, so the reading and writing speed was far from the top of Gen4. There is a small gap in speed, and there is a big gap between Gen5 and T700; but as Micron’s latest 232-layer NAND particles become more mature and equipped with newer E25 controllers, it will update its mainstream Gen4 SSD and fill the gap. Go up to this vacancy;
In terms of price, compared with other Gen4 SSDs with the same top speed, although it is a bit higher, SSD prices have generally been increasing recently, and they are no longer like the chaotic prices last year, and there are still some models that have been replaced with materials. incident; at least Micron’s SSD has not been replaced by materials, and it also has a 5-year warranty. I personally think it is better to spend more money to buy a safer guarantee~~ In addition, T500 PRO There is also a heatsink-less version, and the price will be lower. If you want to use it on a PC, and the motherboardโs heatsink has sufficient coverage, you can also choose a heatsink-less version, which can match the motherboardโs heat dissipation in appearance. The film will be more beautiful.
