File Copy | Game | Throughput Performance | Workstation
DiskBench
With DiskBench we place a 50GB single file onto the test drive. We copy this file from the test drive to a new folder on the test drive, volume to volume. This tests the performance of the drive’s ability to copy a single large file from itself to itself as if you were copying files on the same drive, it replicates this drive being your primary and only drive. Results are in duration Seconds, lower is better.
The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PRO 2TB SSD is also no slouch in direct file copy performance in DiskBench. It took only 15.38 seconds to copy our file, which puts it in between the addlink S95 and TEAMGROUP MP44, it actually was a hair faster than the MP44. This puts it way ahead of the Lexar NM800 PRO SSD and the older CORSAIR Force MP600. This is a really solid file copy time.
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Benchmark
We use the Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Benchmark which benchmarks the load times of several game scenes. The benchmark calculates the sum load time of the scenes and reports the number. We run the benchmark three times, and take the average of the load times. This provides consistent, objective game load testing data we can use for comparison in a game scenario outside of DirectStorage.
The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PRO 2TB SSD also has a really great Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker Benchmark loading time as well! It loaded all scenes in an average of 7.2 seconds, beating every other SSD here by a good portion of time.
ATTO
In ATTO, the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PRO 2TB SSD has a really good showing as well, with a read speed of 6.97GB/s matching the addlink S95, and right on par with the fastest read times on the Lexar NM800 PRO, Acer Predator GM7000 and ADATA LEGEND 960. Its write performance is also very strong at 6.33GB/s in this test, beating the Lexar NM800 PRO and Acer Predator GM7000, and TEAMGROUP MP44. These are very strong results.
SPECworkstation 3.1
We are using SPECworkstation 3.1 and specifically the WPCstorage test. “The storage workload is based on storage transaction traces from a wide variety of professional applications engaged in real work.” It includes media and entertainment, product development, life sciences, energy, and general operations. Each program receives a score, and they are averaged together for an overall score, higher is better.
The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PRO 2TB SSD also performs average on workstation application performance at 6.29. It is definitely no slouch, beating the MSI SPATIUM drives, and PATRIOT VIPER VPR400. It’s beaten by several other drives, but its performance isn’t the worst, it’s about middle ground here, so there is certainly better, but there is also slower. Still, it’s perhaps on the lower end of what is expected from these types of workstation applications and usage.