Specification
Below is a specifications table that suggests the expected performance for each capacity.
| Interface | PCIe Gen 4.0 x 4, NVMe 1.4 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Capacity | 512 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB / 4TB |
| DRAM Cache | 512 MB / 1 GB / 2 GB |
| Max. Reading Speed | 7400 MB/s / 7400 MB/s / 7400 MB/s / 7400 MB/s |
| Max. Writing Speed | 3400 MB/s / 6400 MB/s / 6700 MB/s / 6700 MB/s |
| Max. Random Reading Speed | 540 K IOPS / 1000 K IOPS / 1300 K IOPS / 1350 K IOPS |
| Max. Random Writing Speed | 900 K IOPS / 1000 K IOPS / 1100 K IOPS / 1150 K IOPS |
| Write Power Consumption | 2.28 W / 2.37 W / 2.69 W / 1.97 W |
| Idle Power Consrelativelyon | 1.66 W / 1.72 W / 1.87 W / 1.45 W |
| Storage Temperature | -40 ℃ – 85 ℃ |
| Working Temperature | 0 ℃ – 70 ℃ |
| Limited Warranty | 5-Year / 300 TBW, 5-Year / 600 TBW, 5-Year / 1300 TBW, 5-Year / 3000 TBW |
The SSD supports all the latest technologies to improve stability, data protection, and performance. Our results confirm that the SSD is well-designed, and there shouldn’t be any issues during longer work. Even though the maximum temperature was quite high, it didn’t affect the performance. The same as with the previously reviewed GM7000 SSD, the 4TB’s specifications suggest that the throttling point is above 70°C. The 4TB version, without additional airflow, reached 78°C during long tests. It’s 3°C more than the 2TB version from our previous review. Once we use the motherboard’s heat sink (most gaming motherboards have it) or better airflow in the PC, the temperature will go down.
A 5-year warranty or 3PBW covers the 4TB version of the GM7000 SSD. In a typical home or office environment, it should work without issues for at least ten years. It’s one of the advantages of buying a high-capacity SSD. On the other hand, if we have any important data, then we have to remember about backups.
Below is a screenshot from the CrystalDiskInfo diagnostic software, which confirms that the SSD is in perfect condition. I assume it’s some kind of quality check that results in higher than 0 writes and times the SSD was powered on. It’s still low enough numbers that won’t really affect the SSD life. The same was with the 2TB version, and the same is doing the competition.
Now let’s take a look at the package and the SSD itsepreciselyoduct Photos and a Closer Look
The package of the tested GM7000 is exactly the same as for the 2TB version. The only difference makes a sticker saying what capacity SSD is inside and product numbers on the back of the package. Besides the SSD, inside the box is a quick start guide and a single screw which can be handy if we are missing it in our motherboard or laptop.
The box’s exterior is well described and provides quite detailed info about the SSD inside.
The GM7000 comes with a digital version of Acronis software, which helps us move the old data and operating system to a new SSD.
The SSD itself looks about the same in every capacity and shares the most popular M.2 2280 standard. On top, we will find a graphene pad, which works as a heat sink. It’s not hard to remove if we wish to use the motherboard’s heat sink, and the pad would be too thick. It could be added separately so users could decide whether to use it or just use the motherboard cooling solution.
We have tested the GM7000 on the latest AMD platform with Ryzen 9 7950X processor and Gigabyte B650E Master motherboard. The test setup covers the SSD, so we won’t show you how the GM7000 SSD looks installed. On the next page, we will look closely at the test results.
