A new Maxio controller gives speed without buffering

The extremely high bandwidth of PCIe 4.0 has created an entire ecosystem of DRAM-free NVMe SSDs that offer excellent performance and price. PCIe 3.0 did offer some models, but they couldn’t even dream of achieving up to 7400MB/s sequential reads and 7000MB/s writes. This is what the TEAMGROUP MP44 2TB model can deliver, the 4TB is a bit faster and the lower capacity ones seriously affect write speeds.

During testing, random writes and reads take a bit of a hit, not the slowest of the units The FPS review tested but definitely at the back of the pack. The drive also comes with a link to an SSD SMART Tool that gives you information about the MP44’s health, temperature, and other features, but lacks a secure erase feature. The drive costs about $120 or so, which is an amazing deal for 2TB of fast fancy storage.