Performance
The performance has been tested on the DELL Latitude 5340 laptop with Win11 Pro x64. Everything else is less important as it doesn’t affect the X1 MAX performance.
Let’s begin as usual with the ATTO Disk Benchmark.
Results in the ATTO benchmark are surprisingly better than expected. We could reach 1023MB/s read and 947MB/s write. Both results are better than those specified by TEAMGROUP. On the other hand, we can also see that in the second half of the test, the performance drops to about 550MB/s read and 500MB/s write. It’s still not bad.
CrystalDiskMark shows better results, even up to 1072MB/s. The results are higher than those of SATA3 SSDs and match many modern USB SSD series. The advantage of the X1 MAX is the size and no need to use any cable.
The PCMark 10 Storage benchmark suggests performance at about the USB 3.2 Gen2 SSD level, which is exceptional for any USB flash drive.
About the same story tells us 3DMark Storage Benchmark. Even though X1 MAX isn’t designed for gaming, we still wanted to check how it performs in these mixed load tests.
Anvil’s Storage Utilities is a rather old but still popular benchmark. This benchmark usually shows lower results than the ATTO or CrystalDiskMark. We can see lower-than-expected bandwidth on the X1 MAX. However, it’s still not so far from the declared bandwidth.
The Blackmagic Disk Speed Test results suggest we may have problems with real-time 8K or higher resolution writes. However, the X1 MAX is not designed for these tasks, so the overall test results are still impressive.
Ultimately, the AIDA64 Disk Benchmark focused on linear read and write.
Since the X1 MAX is designed more for sequential than random operations, we focused on linear read and write tests.
As long as the linear read test shows excellent results throughout and there is no thermal throttling, the write test shows a significant performance decrease after a few minutes. The writing test is the most demanding and takes much time to pass. The highest flash drive temperature was 82°C, so above the throttling point but below the critical component temperature, typically 85°C for consumer-grade flash memory.
If not for thermal throttling, we could say that the X1 MAX is the best that has happened in the flash drive world. This issue does not cause the flash drive to stop and the performance is about 50% lower, but it’s still very fast, so most users shouldn’t complain. Many probably won’t notice a difference. It doesn’t change that we wish to see continuous top performance during extended work.
