At present we’re wanting on the Essential T500 2TB SSD. We just lately lined Essential’s T700 drive, which is their high-end Gen5 providing. The T500 is Essential’s newest entry into the Gen4 market, positioning itself on the comparatively high-end of Gen4 drives with robust specs. Earlier Essential Gen4 drives just like the P5 Plus have been typically effectively acquired, and so I’ve excessive hopes that the T500 can impress.
Essential T500 2TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD
The Essential T500 2TB is available in a single-sided M.2 2280 (80mm) type issue.
The T500 comes outfitted with a Phison PS5025-E25 controller, and that is the primary drive that I’ve examined outfitted with the E25. The E25 controller is designed to be operated with a DRAM cache, so one is current on the T500. Moreover, the system makes use of Micron-branded 232-layer TLC NAND.
As a single-sided drive, the again of the Essential T500 has nothing however a label.
Essential T500 SSD Specs
The Essential T500 is available in capacities between 500GB and 2TB.
The 2TB mannequin of the T500 has very respectable specs, at 7400 MB/s sequential learn and 7000 MB/s sequential write. These specs are basically pushing the interface limits for a Gen4 drive, so they need to be pretty much as good because it will get for Gen4. Endurance is rated at 1200 TBW, which is correct on my private line of 600 TBW per 1TB of capability, so the T500 will get a cross from me on endurance. Mixed with that’s the trade normal 5-year guarantee for a premium drive, and the T500 has the potential to be a really respectable drive.
CrystalDiskInfo can provide us some primary details about the SSD and confirms we’re working at PCIe 4.0 x4 speeds utilizing NVMe 2.0.
Take a look at System Configuration
We’re utilizing the next configuration for this check:
- Motherboard: MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X (12C/24T)
- RAM: 2x 16GB DDR5-6000 UDIMMs
Our testing makes use of the Essential T500 2TB because the boot drive for the system, put in within the M.2_1 slot on the motherboard. This slot helps as much as PCIe Gen 5 x4. The drive is stuffed to 85% capability with information, after which some is deleted, leaving round 60% used house on the quantity.
Subsequent, we’re going to get into our efficiency testing.
