Mainstream Gen 4 SSD model CORSAIR Force MP600 CORE 2TB M.2 SSD-HKEPC Hardware

CORSAIR Force MP600 CORE Gen4 2TB SSD

More and more motherboards support PCIe Gen 4 specifications. CORSAIR therefore launched the MP600 CORE Gen4 PCIe x4 M.2 NVMe SSD for the mainstream market. It uses the PHISON PS5016-E16 main controller like the old MP600 model, but with a change of configuration. Micron 96 Layers 3D QLC NAND particles provide up to 4,950MB/s Read and 3,950MB/s Write speed read and write performance, 4K random read and write up to 580,000 IOPS Read, 630,000 IOPS Write, the factory provides a 5-year warranty service, with Available in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB capacities.

This time I received the test from the manufacturer as a 2TB version, the model is “CSSD-F2000GBMP600COR”, using M.2 2280 Form Factor, PCI Express 4.0 x 4 transmission interface, supporting NVMe 1.3 transmission specifications, compatible with Ryzen 3000/5000 series processing And the upcoming Intel 11th generation Core processor.

▲ Adopt M.2 2280 Form Factor specification

In order to meet the heat dissipation requirements of the PHISON PS5016-E16 controller, the “Force MP600 Core” is preloaded with a rather heavy titanium color aluminum alloy radiator. The clip-type structure can be easily disassembled, allowing users to directly use the original M motherboard. .2 Radiator.

▲ Preloaded titanium color aluminum alloy radiator

The main difference between CORSAIR Force MP600 CORE and MP600 is that 3D TLC NAND is replaced with 3D QLC NAND Flash. Therefore, the price becomes more affordable and more user-friendly, but the write life will also decrease. The total of MP600 CORE 1TB, 2TB and 4TB The write volume is 225TBW, 450TWB and 900TBW respectively.

New PHISON PS5016-E16 controller

▲ PHISON PS5016-E16 controller

Like Force MP600, Force MP600 CORE uses PHISON’s new PS5016-E16 main controller, 28nm process, TSMC foundry, 8 Channel design, up to 32 CEs, 96-layer stacking and can support 8TB capacity, supports PCIe Gen4 x4 interface, and The 4th generation RAID ECC and LDPC debugging technology, AES-256/TCG Opal 2.0/TCG Pyrite security encryption.

Micron 96-Layers 3D QLC NAND particles

▲ Micron 96-Layers 3D QLC NAND particles

For NAND Flash, CORSAIR Force MP600 CORE 2TB provides a total of 4 Micron IA7HG66AWA 3D QLC NAND particles on both sides of the PCB, with 96 Layers, a single 512GB capacity, using BGA lead-free, halogen-free packaging, and supporting 3.3V Toggle 3.0 mode. A total of 2TB capacity, the available space for formatting NTFS is 1,863.01GB.

DDR4-2400 2GB cache capacity

▲2 pcs of SK Hynix DDR4-2400 1GB memory

There are 2 SK Hynix H5AN8G8NBJR-UHC DDR4-2400 1GB memory particles on board, a total of 2GB cache capacity, which can be used to store FTL data and cache, which can effectively increase the speed of reading and writing. In addition, random write data is processed by the SLC block. It can provide fast response time similar to SLC SSD, and continuous writing is directly passed to the QLC block.

testing platform︰

CPU︰AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

MB︰ ASROCK X570 TAICHI

RAM︰G.SKILL TridentX DDR4-3600 CL16 32GB Kit

SSD：CORSAIR FORCE MP600 CORE 2TB SSD

OS︰Windows 10 Professional 20H2

ATTO Disk Benchmark test:

ATTO Disk Benchmark is a disk performance test tool launched by ATTO company. The test uses 256MB of data size and increases the size of the data to 64MB in multiples of 0.5K, 1K, and 2K to test the impact of different file sizes on the speed of disk writing , The test results are expressed in bar graphs. It uses sequential writing to test the best read and write capabilities of disks. It is a theoretical benchmark test that currently marks the highest performance of products in the industry.

According to the test results, the maximum read speed of CORSAIR “Force MP600 CORE 2TB” NVMe M.2 SSD is about 5.22GB/s, and the write speed is 3.48GB/s, which is the same as the old version of “Force MP600 2TB” Similar, but the writing speed is slightly lower.

CrystalDiskMark test:

CrystalDiskMark is a set of disk testing programs developed by Japanese Hiyohiyo. It provides continuous disk read and write speed test and 4K random multiplex read and write performance test with different queue depth (Queue Depth).

Tested by CrystalDiskMark version 8.0.1, the continuous read and write speeds of the CORSAIR “Force MP600 CORE 2TB” Q8T1 are 4,943.8 MB/s Read and 3,695.3 MB/s Write; the continuous read and write speeds of Q1T1 are 2774.38 MB/s Read, 3601.44 MB /s Write; 4K Q32T1 random multiplex read and write speeds are 299.67 MB/s Read, 233.60 MB/s Write; 4K Q1T1 random multiplex read and write speeds are 57.77 MB/s Read, 169.50 MB/s Write.

AS SSD Benchmark test:

AS SSD Benchmark is also one of the main benchmarks used to test SSDs in the industry. On the premise of not using system memory acceleration, it tests the read and write performance and speed of all aspects of SSDs by measuring reading and writing large files of 1GB.

The performance benchmark score of CORSAIR “Force MP600 CORE 2TB” in the AS SSD Benchmark is 6159, of which the read performance score is 2240, the write performance score is 2800, and the 4K random read and write performance with a queue depth of 64 is 1,749.95 MB/ s Read and 2,290.25MB/s Write.

Set up Copy-Benchmark to simulate file copying under different conditions. In the “ISO” test, two large ISO image files will be copied to the test target; in the “Program” test, a large number of random size files will be written Fragmented files, simulating a typical program folder usually contains many small files; in the “Game” test, a large file and a small amount of fragmented files are written. The simulated game folder usually contains a large game file and some small files. Material files, etc.

The results showed that the write speed of simulated copying ISO image files reached 2,592.22 MB/s, the speed of simulated copying of typical program folders was 889.43 MB/s, and the speed of simulated copying of game folders was also 1,974.37 MB/s.

Anvil’s Storage Utilities test:

Anvil’s Storage Benchmark is a set of professional disk performance testing software. It has a built-in IO Threaded test program, which can analyze the IO performance of disk 4K 32 queue depth in multiple read, write, and mixed read and write.

In terms of IOPS performance, 4K QD128 Read recorded 368,993.6 IOPS, 4K QD64 Write recorded 412,752.8 IOPS, 4K QD64 Read/Write mixed read and write recorded 391,913.3 IOPS, and finally scored 14445.40 points in Anvil’s Storage Benchmark test results

PCMark 10 Storage test:

The PCMark 10 Storage test simulates the speed of reading and writing program software, art software, games and other programs on a computer storage device, and can reflect the performance of opening programs or archiving in real use.

In the PCMark 10 Storage test, the score of CORSAIR “Force MP600 CORE 2TB” is 1411. After combining different usage scenarios, its average Bandwidth is 231.81 MB/s.

CORSAIR Force MP600 CORE Gen4 SSD

Price: HK$1,350 (1TB) / HK$2,690 (2TB) / To be confirmed (4TB)

Enquiry: Felton (2273-8393)

Editor’s comment:

CORSAIR Force MP600 CORE Gen 4 SSD is replaced with 3D QLC SSD, and the price becomes more approachable. It is expected that major manufacturers will launch more mainstream Gen 4 products, mainstream Gen 3 SSDs will accelerate the phase-out, and mainstream grades will enter The PCIe Gen 4 era.