Performance
The performance has been tested on the Intel platform that contains the Core Ultra 7 265K processor, ASRock B860M Steel Legend motherboard, Kingston Renegade RGB 96GB DDR5-6400 memory kit, and Acer Predator GM7000 2TB M.2 SSD with installed Win11 Pro x64. All tests were performed on the Crucial P310 2TB SSD.
Let’s begin as usual with the ATTO Disk Benchmark.
Results in ATTO benchmarks are always slightly lower than expected. The P310 2230 reaches precisely the same maximum bandwidth as the 2280 version – 6.53GB/s maximum read and 5.98GB/s maximum write. Both results are high, especially for the 2230-size SSD.
In CrystalDiskMark, we see a maximum sequential read bandwidth of around 7GB/s and a write bandwidth of over 6130MB/s. Intel motherboards always show slightly less than specified, so it’s still okay.
The low queue 4K bandwidth is as high as the highest PCIe 4.0 SSDs, and the IOPS is very high for this type of SSD, up to 1.4M.
The results in PCMark 10 are higher than expected and easily match those of top PCIe 4.0 SSDs. This is a good reason to buy the P310, as PCMark represents the daily workloads, including popular applications and less demanding games.
Some great results also show the 3DMark Storage Benchmark. Not many PCIe 4.0 SSDs could pass a 3700 score in this test, which confirms that the P310 is perfect for gaming.
We have replaced the old and inconsistent Anvil’s Storage Utilities benchmark with the Blackmagic storage benchmark, which gives us a different perspective on storage results as it focuses on decoding performance.
The P310 does not have the highest, but it still has pretty good results. What’s most important is that it handles all the decoding formats.
Ultimately, the AIDA64 Disk Benchmark results in random read and write operations.
These extended tests are suitable for checking for thermal throttling. Both random bandwidth tests show lower average results than Crucial’s TLC SSD series. On the other hand, the P310 is not designed for extended reading and writing.
The P310 is one of the best small laptops and handheld console options. If not the QLC NAND with quite a low TBW factor, it would be the best 2230 SSD around. We are still impressed by what this small SSD can do and how much better it performs than most of the competition.
