Test Environment & Equipment
Hardware & Software Used
We now begin the benchmark portion of this article, but first, let me show you our test system and the software we used:
Storage
- TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 PS5 PRO (4TB/PCIe Gen 4)
Mainboard
- Z690
Processor
- Core i5 12600K
Graphics Cards
- IGP
Memory
- 16 GB (2x168 GB) DDR5 5200 CL40 MHz
Power Supply Unit
- 1200 Watt
Monitor
- Dell 3007WFP - up to 2560x1600
OS related Software
- Windows 11 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
- HDTach 3.0.4.0
- HDTune Pro
- AS SSD Benchmark
- File Copy Compressed test
- File Copy Uncompressed test