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 reaches 6.53GB/s maximum read and 5.98GB/s maximum write, which are pretty good for a PCIe 4.0 SSD.
CrystalDiskMark shows us a maximum sequential bandwidth of around 7GB/s. Intel motherboards always show slightly less than specified, so it’s still okay. On the good side, the low queue 4K bandwidth is as high as the highest PCIe 4.0 SSDs, and the IOPS is high, up to 1.4M.
The results in PCMark 10 are higher than expected. We haven’t seen such a high bandwidth on any other QLC SSD, while the P310 beats most high-series TLC SSDs and is even close to some PCIe 5.0 models.
The same 3DMark Storage Benchmark shows us amazing results, with a score about as high as that of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs.
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 performs excellently in all our tests. Some limitations can be seen on the NAND side, but we can’t complain overall. The P310 is the fastest QLC SSD we have had a chance to test, and it is probably also on the current market. It beats many TLC series while costing less.
