Throughput Benchmarks (SEQ and RND)
CrystalDiskMark
We are using CrystalDiskMark to benchmark the sequential and random throughput of read and write performance. For these NVMe SSDs, we are using the NVMe profile in CrystalDiskMark. This tests SEQ1M Q8T1, SEQ128K Q32T1, RND4K Q32T16, and RND4K Q1T1.
The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD has a rated sequential read speed of 14,000MB/s and a rated sequential write speed of 11,800MB/s. In our CrystalDiskMark testing, SEQ1M Q8T1, we are achieving that read speed perfectly at 14,013MB/s, but what is surprising is that the write speed actually exceeds the 11,800MB/s spec by quite a margin, operating at 13,160MB/s, meaning it has better than anticipated sequential write speed. At this performance level, it matches the ADATA LEGEND 970 PRO on read performance, but trounces it on write performance, with 27% more write bandwidth than the ADATA LEGEND 970 PRO! In fact, its write performance is among some of the strongest on this graph, bested only by the new Phison E28 reference SSD.
Again, in SEQ128K Q32T1, the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD performs very well, at 13GB/s read and write. What’s impressive here again is the write performance, which is actually faster than every other SSD on this graph, so the sequential write performance is very strong.
In RND4K Q32T16, the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD falls under the ADATA LEGEND 970 PRO quite a bit in read performance, interestingly. The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD is 7% slower in read bandwidth compared to the ADATA LEGEND 970 PRO. However, the table flips in random write performance, where the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD is actually a whopping 16% faster in random write bandwidth compared to the ADATA LEGEND 970 PRO. So it is interesting, the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD loses some in random read performance, but has massive positive differences in random write performance.
If there is a weakness in performance with the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD, it is in RND4K Q1T1 performance. The TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD resulted in the lowest read and write RND4K Q1T1 performance here, dropping quite a bit under the ADATA LEGEND 970 PRO, which was nearer to the top of the chart. This could be down to firmware optimization, but the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD did well in the other benchmarks, especially in write performance, so it’s odd to see it falter a little here.
ATTO
Using the popular ATTO Disk Benchmark, the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD is sitting right at the same sequential read performance as the ADATA LEGEND 970 PRO. Once again, we see strong write performance on the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD, resulting in a massive 27% bandwidth improvement in the write performance with the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD compared to the ADATA LEGEND 970 PRO, which backs up the CrystalDiskMark results as well. Write performance is a strong point of the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GE PRO AirFlow I 2TB SSD.