Crucial T700

Crucial's T700 is an exceptional data carrier - through and through: The solid state drive looks great on the outside thanks to its unconventional design. Inside, the music plays thanks to the outstanding transfer rates. The five-year guarantee rounds off the overall package.

The Crucial T700 proves to be a very good SSD when tested and offers impressive sequential transfer rates. The fifth generation PCIe doubles the theoretically possible bandwidth to up to 16 GB/s, while Phison's PS5026-E26 controller enables transfer rates of up to 14,000 MB/s read and up to 11,800 MB/s write...

Crucial supplied the T700 with and without a heat sink, the latter being around 30 to 40 euros cheaper for all available capacities. Crucial has priority over other SSD manufacturers when it comes to accessing Micron memory; the parent company supplies the fastest possible flash...

Among the 2.5-inch SSDs, the Samsung 870 QVO took first place with very high speed and very good programme acceleration. This also applies to the first-placed PCIe 3.0 SSD: The SK Hynix Gold P31 not only took the test victory, but also the price-performance victory. The Samsung 990 Pro did the same with the PCIe 4.0 SSDs: It also achieved the test and price-performance victory here...

With a nominal memory of two terabytes, the Crucial T700 2TB (CT2000T700SSD3) not only provides more than enough space for all kinds of files and games, it also transfers the bits and bytes at breakneck speed. Transfer rates and access times set new standards in the tested, both for reading and writing...