Acer FA200 4TB PCIe Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD Review

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By Brent Justice
8.8
OVERALL SCORE

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Test Setup

Please read our SSD Storage Review Format and Methodology article for an explanation of our test system, how we test, procedures, and goals for SSD reviews. Note that the test system has been changed and updated since that article. Please refer to the System Setup table below for the details and specs on the new test system. All of the SSDs in this review have been re-tested on this new system setup, and all the SSD data in this review is fresh for this review.

System Setup Table

We are using the motherboard’s current default BIOS settings.  We are running the latest motherboard BIOS.  We have Windows 11 Pro configured to run in the “Balanced” power profile.  Windows has the latest updates and has been updated to 24H2. 

CrystalDiskInfo

Installation of the SSD went smoothly. In CrystalDiskInfo we can see information on the SSD below. We can see that the Acer FA200 4TB PCIe Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD has Firmware SN15536 installed and is running at PCIe 4.0 x4 with NVMe 2.0.

CrystalDiskInfo Screenshot

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REVIEW OVERVIEW

The FPS Review Score
8.8

SUMMARY

The Acer FA200 4TB PCIe Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD offers affordable PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe 2.0 M.2 2280 SSD performance upwards of 7GB/s sequential read. It does this by using the Maxio MAP1602 controller, and YMTC Xtacking 3.0 3D NAND flash. This QLC-based drive shows that QLC drives have improved over time, and are viable options for large performance drives. Acer offers this in 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB capacities to give you plenty of room for your games. It exceeded sequential performance, but does show its weakness in random 4K performance due to its QLC, DRAM-less nature. It does have some real weakness when it comes to small office type workloads, but otherwise does alright for gaming, or secondary storage needs, and hey, it's affordable.
8.8
OVERALL SCORE
Brent Justicehttps://www.thefpsreview.com
Former managing editor of GPUs at HardOCP for 18 years, Brent Justice has been reviewing computer components since the late 90s, educated in the art and method of the computer hardware review, he brings experience, knowledge, and hands-on testing with a gamer-oriented and hardware enthusiast perspective. You can follow him on Twitter - @Brent_Justice You can sub to his YouTube channel - Justice Gaming https://www.youtube.com/c/JusticeGamingChannel You can check out his computer builds on KIT - @BrentJustice https://kit.co/BrentJustice

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