Test Environment, Equipment and SSD temperatures

Hardware & Software Used

We now begin the benchmark portion of this article, but first, let me show you our test system and the software used:

Storage

• Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA II 1 TB

Mainboard

• Asus ROG STRIX Z390-E GAMING

Processor

• Core i7 8700K at 4800 MHz

Graphics Cards

• Aorus GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce

Memory

• G.skill Trident Z 32GB (2x 16GB) DDR4 3200 MHz

Power Supply Unit

• Seasonic Prime Ultra 850 Watt

Monitor

• Agon AG271QG - up to 2560x1440

OS related Software

• Windows 10 64-bit

Software benchmark suite

• PCMark Vantage HDD test 1 through 8
• PCMark 8
• Anvil's Storage Utilities
• ATTO Disk benchmark v2.4
• SiSoft Sandra Storage Benchmark
• IOMeter
• AS SSD Benchmark
• File Copy Compressed test
• File Copy Uncompressed test

Temperature Measurements

Performing our high-workload benchmark stress tests, we always monitor the temperature readings of the drive. The controller reports a temp of roughly ~42 Degrees, which is very, very good for an NVMe drive.

SMART info