Performance
Performance has been tested on the AMD Ryzen platform, which contains the Ryzen 9 7950X CPU, Gigabyte B650E Master motherboard, Kingston Renegade RGB 96GB DDR5-6400 CL32 memory kit, and ASUS Dual EVO RTX4070 Super graphics card.
All tests were performed in a Windows 11 Pro x64 environment with the latest updates.
As usual, in my storage reviews, I will start with the ATTO Disk Benchmark. It’s one of the most popular storage benchmarks, and results are easy to compare at home.
The ATTO benchmark results are not much worse than we could see on the best competitive M.2 2230 SSDs. The new generation capable of 7GB/s is just entering the market, but it’s hard to find any SSDs in stores, and the list prices are very high.
The MA200’s maximum read speed is up to 4.89GB/s, and the maximum write speed is 4.39GB/s. Both results are pretty good compared to other best-performing NVMe SSDs on the market.
The CrystalDiskMark results are also not far from what we achieved on popular and usually recommended handheld console series like the Corsair MP600 Mini. The Acer MA200 1TB results are actually nearly identical to the Corsair MP600 Mini 1TB. The maximum sequential bandwidth is around 5.25GB/s, which is a fantastic result for a PCIe 4.0 SSD, especially in a DRAM-less design.
Random bandwidth and IOPS are slightly better than in the general specifications, with 750K IOPS for reading and 850K for writing.
UL benchmarks are showing exceptional results for an M.2 2230 SSD. We wish it were higher, but barely any SSD in this tiny format can produce better results.
The 3DMark Storage Benchmark score is again close to the Corsair MP600 Mini. This result is also higher than most M.2 2280 HMB SSDs rated at 7000MB/s sequential read.
Anvil’s Storage Utilities is an older benchmark but still popular, so why not use it?
Results in this benchmark are high, just not as high as declared in the SSD specification. It’s not a problem, as every benchmark uses a different test pattern and test files.
The recent addition – The Blackmagic benchmark, shows above-average results. Everything passes smoothly.
The last test is AIDA64, which is quite demanding but shows us if the SSD has no problems with throttling during extended operations.
Both random operation tests passed without issues. The performance is about as high as expected for the M.2 2230 HMB series and, simultaneously, higher than that of most competitive SSDs in this small format.
Results between 2200 and 2500MB/s are about what we could expect from a typical 2280 SSD, which is usually rated at 7GB/s sequential read, so it’s clear that the MA200 performs well.
The MA200 1TB SSD performs exceptionally well. Initially, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this SSD, but it beats most of the competition, and barely a few 2230 SSDs are faster. The MA200 is definitely one of the best options for handheld gaming consoles.
