Micron Crucial T710 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe 2280 M.2 SSD Unboxing Review

The Micron Crucial T710 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe 2280 M.2 SSD, which uses the Huilon SMI SM2508 controller chip with Micron 276L 3D TLC chips, has been unveiled and tested, but the higher price and the worrying after-sales service of agents in the Taiwan market may be a deterrent.

Micron Micron Crucial T710 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe 2280 M.2 SSD (Non-Heatsink version)SSD specifications:

Interface: PCI-Express 5.0 x4
NVMe: 2.0
Interface size: M.2 2280
Continuous read speed: 14900 MB/s
Continuous Write Speed: 13700 MB/s
Optional storage capacity: 1 TB / 2 TB / 4 TB
Controller: SMI SM2508
NAND Flash: Micron Micron 276L 3D TLC cells
DRAM Cache: Micron LPDDR4 SDRAM-2133 MHz (4267 Mb/s) 2GB (16Gb)
Size: 80 x 22 x ? mm
Warranty: 5-year limited warranty
TBW Endurance: 600 TB (1 TB capacity version)

 

Micron Crucial T710 1TB PCIe Gen5 SSD Unboxing

 

Micron Crucial T710 uses PCI-Express 5.0 x4 bandwidth interface, which is also known as PCIe Gen5 x4, and the capacity is available in 1TB/2TB/4TB, and the sequential read/write performance varies according to the capacity. The specification of the 1TB capacity that the author has in his hand is: Sequential Read 14,900 / Sequential Write 13,700MB/s. The specification of the 1TB capacity in my hand is: sequential read 14,900 / sequential write 13,700MB/s.

The size of the SSD is a common M.2 2280 specification, compatible with the 2280 length M Key expansion slot on the motherboard. The non-heatsink version has a sticker on the front of the SSD, so the SSD itself is relatively thin, and users can use it with their own motherboard coolers or heatsinks for optimal installation versatility.

△ The surface of the SSD is a normal black and white paste material.

△ 1 TB is a one-sided particle configuration.

 

It adopts TSMC's 6nm Wisepac - Silicon Motion (SMI) SM2508 host solution. The 1TB capacity in this unboxing is in a single-sided die layout, with the SM2508G AC host chip, Micron LPDDR4 SDRAM-2133 MHz (4267 Mb/s), 2GB (16Gb) DRAM cache chips, two Micron 276L 3D TLC chips, and a single 16Gb (Gigabit) DRAM cache chip. The front side is equipped with SM2508G AC controller, Micron LPDDR4 SDRAM-2133 MHz (4267 Mb/s) 2GB (16Gb) DRAM cache chips, and two Micron 276L 3D TLC chips, each of which is 16Gb (Gigabit), which translates to 2GB (Gigabyte).

The Micron Crucial T710 1TB comes with a five-year warranty and 600 TB of Tera Bytes Written (TBW), and DWPD_Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD_Drive Writes Per Day) is converted to 931 GB of actual remaining capacity after binary conversion, which means that 328.7 GB, or 35.3 %, would have to be written to the SSD every day for five years to exceed the nominal TBW value. DWPD_Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD_Drive Writes Per Day) uses the system's binary conversion of the actual remaining capacity of 931 GB, which means that it would take five years of writing 328.7 GB, or 35.3 % of the drive capacity, to the SSD every day to exceed the nominal TBW value.

△Silicon Motion's (SMI) SM2508 host controller with Micron's MT53E512M32D1ZW-046 (5AB77 D8CSG) physical DRAM cache, specification is LPDDR4 SDRAM-2133 MHz (4267 Mb/s) 2GB (16Gb).

Micron Micron 276L 3D TLC particles are at the back.

If you look at the SSD utils software, you can see that it is Micron 276L (276-layer) 3D TLC chips.

 

Crucial T710 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe 2280 M.2 SSD SSD Performance Test

Testing Platform Usage AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Processor with GIGABYTE X870 AORUS TACHYON ICE The motherboard and Micron Crucial T710 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe 2280 M.2 SSD is installed in the first slot of the motherboard, M2A_CPU, which provides full PCIE Gen5 x4 bandwidth from the processor's direct channel for the performance tests. Also, please note that test performance may vary depending on SSD firmware version, system hardware configuration, and other factors, so these results are for reference only.

Testing Platform

Processor:AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D (PBO activated)
Cooler: LIAN LI GA II Trinity SL-INF 360 (full speed)
Water cooling fan: 3x XPG VENTO PRO 120 PWM (full speed)
Motherboard:GIGABYTE X870 AORUS TACHYON ICE (BIOS version: F5b)
Memory:Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB 7200 MT/s 16GBx2 cl38-44-44-105 1.45v
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition 8GB
Operating System: Windows 11 Professional 24H2
System Dish:Kingston FURY Renegade PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD 2TB
Test Drive: Micron Micron Crucial T710 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe 2280 M.2 SSD (formatted empty)
Power supply:MONTECH TITAN PLA 1000W
Case: STREACOM BC1 Benchtable V2
Graphics driver: GeForce Game Ready 572.83

 

First of all, through CrystalDiskInfo The software examines the basics of M.2 SSDs, using PCIe 5.0 x4 transfer mode and NVM Express 2.0 standards, with support for S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology), TRIM, and VolatileWriteCache, and the firmware version tested by the author was: PBCR5103.

Storage brands usually label capacity in decimal notation, but systems like Win11 use binary capacity, so after formatting and converting to a different bit system, and after subtracting the space required for the firmware on the hard drive, the actual capacity that can be used on the computer is 931 GB.

△ CrystalDiskInfo software view information.

 

Use with empty disk CrystalDiskMark The software was used to test the read/write performance of the M.2 SSD. The test file size was set to 1GiB in NVMe SSD configuration mode, and sequential read/write speeds of 14943 MB/s and 13403 MB/s were measured in the default profile.

The Q8T1 test result in the first column represents a thread with eight queue depths, which means that there are eight 1MB-sized accesses in the worklist waiting to be accessed. This corresponds to a real situation, such as reading or writing eight 1MB files from or to a hard disk at the same time, which is generally less likely to be done in general.

The random read/write performance of the RND4K Q32T16 item is 3224 MB/s and 1256 MB/s by default.

The RND4K Q32T16 operates with 16 queue depths out of 32 threads, and the file types are random access 4 KB size files written or read into the SSD.

△ CrystalDiskMark Settings: NVMe SSD / Profile: Default, Sequential Read/Write and Random Read/Write test results.

 

For daily use or for gamers, the QD1 to QD4 range is a good reference. If we switch the CrystalDiskMark profile to real-world performance, the first column will be Q1T1. Although the result will be a bit lower than the Q8T1, it will be more in line with the actual performance of the daily use experience.

The reason for this is that most of the daily operating systems use the Q1T1, which is a queue-depth mode with one thread, so the Q1T1 is more suitable for daily use than the Q8T1. The read and write speeds of the Q1T1 are 9,291 MB/s and 10,232 MB/s with the test file size set to 1GiB in the Q1T1 mode.

△ CrystalDiskMark Settings: NVMe SSD / Profile: Real World Mode 1GiB profile test results.

 

3DMark Storage BenchmarkingTested with game startup loading, copying game files, game archiving, installing games, and OBS game recording, the scenario mainly uses a number of games for actual testing, so that gamers can clearly refer to the performance of the hard disk in the use of the game, the above test process is recorded in units of time, but the final results are calculated using the bandwidth and the average access time, and the higher the final storage benchmark test score, the better.

△ 3DMark storage benchmark test.

 

3DMark DirectStorage Feature TestIt can help gamers understand the performance enhancement of PC game loading with Microsoft's DirectStorage technology, a technology introduced by Microsoft for Windows PCs equipped with PCIe SSDs, which reduces the amount of resources consumed when loading game data.

DirectStorage can bring more benefits through BypassIO, which reduces the CPU utilization of the game by minimizing the CPU load when transferring data. When DirectStorage is used in conjunction with GDeflate data compression technology, it can further reduce the game loading time, and GDeflate eventually decompresses game data to VRAM through the GPU, resulting in more transfer bandwidth for better game data transfer efficiency. GDeflate ultimately decompresses game data to VRAM through the GPU, bringing more bandwidth for better game data transfer efficiency.

At the end of the test, three scores are generated. The first is the performance difference between DirectStorage on and off, which is expressed as a percentage. Next is the average bandwidth of game data transfer from SSD to GPU memory (VRAM) with DirectStorage enabled, and finally the average bandwidth of game data transfer from SSD to GPU memory (VRAM) with DirectStorage disabled. The Disabled item score also represents the average bandwidth of standard Windows APIs in transferring game data. The deactivation score also represents the average bandwidth of the standard Windows API for transferring game data.

△ 3DMark DirectStorage feature test on and off scores improved.

 

以 PCMARK 10 To test the performance of various types of storage, the Full System Drive Benchmark uses a range of everyday applications and software, including Windows 10, the Adobe family of software, game launchers, Microsoft clerical software, and related apps to test hard drive performance in real-world usage scenarios.

△ PCMARK 10 Full System Drive Benchmark.

 

final use AIDA64 Read Test Suite, Linear Read, and Linear Write tests are conducted. Read Test Suite mainly uses linear read, random read, and buffer read to test the read performance of the hard disk through these three read methods.

△ AIDA64 Read Test Suite reads the performance combination test.

 

AIDA64 Linear Read 與 Linear Write The full disk read/write test will read/write the hard disk MAX capacity large files for users to observe its read/write stability. In the Linear Read test, the SSD reads around 8852 MB/s on average most of the time, but there is a period of dropping to a minimum of 4259 MB/s in the early stage, and then recovered to the original level later on.

In the Linear Write test, the first drop occurred at around 20%, and then the second drop occurred at 73~74%, with a maximum of around 8947 MB/s, a minimum of around 1004 MB/s, and an overall average write rate of 3098 MB/s.

△ AIDA64 Linear Read.

△ AIDA64 Linear Write.

 

Conclusion

This unboxing Micron Micron Crucial T710 1TB performance is indeed better than the previous E26 Solution program products, T700 and T705 two models are still much better, SM2508 Solution temperature part of the reference to the previous unboxing of the other three products can be, the after-sales part of the agency by the Jieyuan network has a lot of records can be referred to, it is! I hope we all do not use it.

 

The Micron T710 is a bit of an embarrassment when you look at the whole thing, as it is also using the SMI 2508 1TB model against the competition.Vigor XPG MARS 980 BLADE、Kingston Kingston FURY Renegade G5、ANACOMDA Anaconda Fire Snake i5 etc., the price is indeed slightly higher depending on whether people are willing to spend money to buy performance, as well as the warranty of the agent after-sales whether they have confidence, but Taiwan's consumer habits in general will not buy the most expensive is it.