Crucial T705 2TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe Solid State Drive

Model: Crucial T705 2TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe Solid State Drive
Manufacturer: Crucial
Provided By: Crucial

Crucial is a global brand of Micron Technology, Inc., one of the largest memory and flash storage manufacturers in the world. The company's product lineup includes award-winning solid state drives (SSDs) and computer memory upgrades (DRAM) for more than 50,000 systems. These products have been qualified and approved by major original equipment manufacturers and every single module has been rigorously tested at the component and module level. Each SSD also undergoes over a thousand hours of prerelease validation testing and hundreds of qualification tests to ensure optimal reliability and performance.

Crucial recently introduced its second-generation Gen5 NVMe SSD, the T705. Designed for enthusiasts, gamers, creators, and professionals who need next generation storage, this M.2 form factor drive is powered by Phison's PS5026-E26 controller and is available with up to 4TB of Micron's industry-leading 232-layer 3D TLC NAND flash. The T705 is also available with or without a custom-designed premium heatsink and is equipped with an ultra-fast PCIe Gen 5.0 x4 NVMe 2.0 interface to deliver up to 14,500 MB/s read and 12,700 MB/s write speeds. To top it all off, the drive is optimized for Microsoft’s DirectStorage API software technology for faster game load times, quicker texture renders and reduced CPU utilization.

The T705 is available in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB capacities. For this review, Crucial sent us the 2TB, heatsink-equipped version of the drive, which is capable of delivering up to 14,500 MB/s sequential read and 12,700 MB/s sequential write speeds as well as up to 1,550K random read and 1,800K random write IOPS.

Needless to say, this is only a taste of what the T705 has to offer. To give you an idea of what to expect, we'll take a closer look at Crucial's new PCIe Gen5 SSD and then see how well it performs. Does the T705 have what it takes? Can it deliver the performance and features that we've come to expect from Crucial?  Keep reading as we find out.