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3D MARK STORAGE GAMING BENCHMARK
UL Solutions has created a new storage gaming benchmark that we will start to use as new SSDs come in. The 3DMark Storage Benchmark DLC extends 3DMark Advanced Edition with a dedicated component test for measuring the gaming performance of SSDs and other storage hardware. It supports all the latest storage technologies and tests practical, real-world gaming performance for activities such as loading games, saving progress, installing game files, and recording gameplay video streams.
The Cortsair Micro DRAMless SSD did fairly well with 4907 total points. This is not a ‘best of’ chart, but rather a chart which places the Corsair MP700 Micro Gen5 SSD amongst its peers.
3D MARK MS DIRECT STORAGE FEATURE TEST
As our Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD is MS DirectStorage compatible, we thought we might take advantage of the 3DMark DirectStorage Feature Test and see how this SSD fared. MS DirectStorage, in very basic terms, allows direct transfer of data from your SSD storage directly to your GPU, eliminating its historical necessary passage from the SSD through the CPU to RAM, back through the CPU and finally to the GPU VRAM. This is, for the most part at this time, intended on faster game load times,reducing CPU overhead and providing more detailed graphics.
In our testing, data transfer achieved a 128.6% faster transfer of data than with MS DirectStorage disabled.
REPORT ANALYSIS AND FINAL THOUGHTS
Today’s report is a bit unusual: Corsair is launching not one, but two SSDs simultaneously, each with its own distinct appeal. If ultimate performance is your goal, check out our MP700 Pro XT 2TB SSD review. But if you’re after a blend of high capacity and performance in a compact form, stick around to explore the Corsair MP700 Micro Gen5 DRAMless SSD, arguably the most powerful compact SSD on the market today. One thing is certain: this drive is likely to attract additional interest from professionals who are passionate about their Lenovo ultrabooks.
The Corsair Micro Gen5 4TB met listed performance specifications and reached 9.3GB/s read and 8GB/s write with a high of 1600K IOPS. This SSD comes with a 5-year listed warranty and definitely fills a void in the ultrabook industry right now. It’s pricing is set a bit high but this will settle eventually as much as this can be expected for such a ‘niche’ item that serves a distinct purpose.
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It is now only a matter of time until we will see PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSDs in a 2230 form factor soon! Hopefully, by 2026! Insane out of the world speeds in a small form factor!
Absolutely agree! Looking forward to seeing insane speeds in a very small 2230 form factor very soon!
Who knows, maybe in CES 2026 we will see these SSds already!
There is an error in the MS direct storage section, it says [“increasing” game load times], but I would have thought the author meant to say [“decreasing” game load times].
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As our Corsair MP700 Micro 4TB SSD is MS DirectStorage compatible, we thought we might take advantage of the 3DMark DirectStorage Feature Test and see how this SSD fared. MS DirectStorage, in very basic terms, allows direct transfer of data from your SSD storage directly to your GPU, eliminating its historical necessary passage from the SSD through the CPU to RAM, back through the CPU and finally to the GPU VRAM. This is, for the most part at this time, intended on [increasing game load times],reducing CPU overhead and providing more detailed graphics.
I agree, noticed it too. I believe the author meant to say “faster loading times” instead of “increased loading times”.
As an example, Diablo IV (the game I play) support Microsoft DirectStorage, therefore leading to faster loading times. (Although Diablo IV had issues with DirectStorage before, the problem appeared to been fixed now).
Fixed Thanks.