Two years since the PCIE 5.0 SSD focused on the first game, there are some encouraging signs that these drives can eventually develop something approaching one point. Consider the important T700, one of the first SSDs 5.0 to escape our data center and break our PCS: the best and slower PCIE 4.0 models than the download games. Futile. However, now, we have drives like PNY CS2150 reducing the entrance fee, as well as Samsung 9100 Pro to last – Final – Provide an improvement of performance.
However, there is still a way to go before storing PCIe 5.0 to become a new standard, and to be honest, it can take two more years. For all cost reductions of CS2150 and all speeds of 9100 Pro, do not create all attractive circles like 4.0 their cousins.
9100 Pro, in particular, shows the shapes of the vivid format as its strong. To read and write the Yer files sequentially, it is very prominent, broke out in front of the PCIE 4.0 elite drives such as WD Black SN850X and Samsung Samsung Pro of Miles. I tried it on the updated RPS test platform (and naturally updated PCIE 5.0), along with the more old SSD tests:
The first problem is that while the speed of self-creating excellent front specifications, most applications rarely operate by accessing data in a neat way, which is the most ordered-the most of all games. They are more likely to remove data from files spread out on the drive, a process that slows even NIPPIEST of NVMe SSD immediately. Therefore, it is with 9100 Pro, having enough power to maintain its reading speed compared to 990 Pro and Black SN850X when processing random files, but now only a few MB/s instead of thousands.
If the bits of game data are stored and accessed sequentially, as if they were held asexual in the library of Alexandria’s library, PCIE 5.0 SSD would be great. Sadly, in reality, like they were in James Archer’s own storage unit, half -randomly dispersed under a lot of folding cardboard boxes and were previously considered the keyboard. As a result, when it comes to cutting down the game time, because SSD is good, PCIe 5.0 is not better than PCIe 4.0. In the Shadow of the Tomb Raider, 9100 Pro activated a 6.3s storage file, but 990 Pro and WD Black were only left for 6.5 seconds each. Hey, I only say there is an improvement of performance. I don’t say it is a big thing.
The second problem is the price. 9100 Pro has not been out but the list is set at £ 170 / $ 200 for the base 1TB version, £ 246 / $ 300 for the 2TB version I have tested and £ 458 / $ 550 for the most 4TB Chunkkiest version. Or, you can have a SN850X WD Black 1TB for £ 78 / $ 92. I want to store faster – who? – But more than twice, spending on the simple fractions of a few seconds to cut the load screen is not the type of transaction that most of us should do. CS2150 is more friendly to the budget of more than $ 96 / $ 100 for $ 1TB, although it is not much faster than its PCIE 4.0 rival even on sequential speed.
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There is still a clear progress from the T700 likes, which causes the performance of the game that is so bad that even the Budget SSD 4.0 like the WD Blue SN5000 has passed its loading time. Perhaps there are some Hyper-niche applications for 9100 Pro that can make it worth investing in: If your PC plays games doubled as a daily workstation, and you can take advantage of the higher speed by regularly moving large, single files around.
For a straight game rig, though? Even if these SSDs are crawling in the right track, it will maintain a much more difficult sales.
