Micron 3500 Gen 4 SSD Review – There is Just No Client Comparable

PCMARK 10 FULL SYSTEM STORAGE BENCHMARK

PCMark 10 Storage Benchmarks produce an overall score as a measure of drive performance. Comparing devices is as simple as comparing scores. The tests also measure and report the bandwidth and average access time performance for the drive. Each test uses traces recorded while performing real-world tasks such as booting Windows 10, starting applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, working with applications such as Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, and copying several large files and many small files.

The Micron 3500 Client 1TB SSD performed much better than expected sitting itself right beside and ahead of the 990 Pro.

PCMARK 10 QUICK SYSTEM STORAGE BENCHMARK

The Quick System Drive Benchmark is a subset of the Full test and is more representative of typical daily usage to show what would be expected regarding hybrid SSD performance on a day-to-day basis.

The 1TB 3500 placed right beside the Crucial T500 Pro, both ahead of the SKHynix P41 Platinum 8-channel SSD.

TRUE DATA TESTING

For our True Data Testing, we simply loaded 15GB video, music, photo and OS files onto the Micron 3500 Client Gen4 1TB SSD and copied the data to a new folder on that same disk.

We ran this several times as a result of what we can see here.  Transfer speed for Operating System files has dropped significantly and literally blows even Gen 5 SSDs out of the ballpark.  We can confirm that this is an SSD related improvement as other SSDs tested in this report were tested on the same system.

PASSMARK PERFORMANCE TEST

We thought we might add a few extras in our report today, PassMark Performance Test DiskMark component being a nice addition. This software tests sequential reads and writes, along with IOPS and compares the result with millions of other SSDs worldwide. We might suggest being in the 99th percentile of all SSDs tested was a nice result.

The Crucial T500 Pro continues to sail by so many of the higher end 8-channel SSDs.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: ENDWALKER BENCHMARK

The Final Fantasy Benchmark is a new tool in our arsenal and geared specifically to the gamer. The software is installed directly on the SSD and the SSD tested, providing and end result of FPS and scene transition times.

Game load time testing is one of the areas the Micron 3500 bettered even the T500 Pro.