Crucial T700 Pro Gen 5 SSD review: "The fastest drive that no gamer needs"

GamesRadar+ VerdictThe Crucial T700 Pro is the fastest SSD we have tested to date. It’s the inevitable future of storage technology, bringing any consumers that buy it now huge futureproofing benefits. That said, we aren’t in the future yet, and in the here and now it simply is not necessary to grab one of these for gaming purposes.Pros+Incredible read/write speeds+Comes with and without a heatsink+Gives you futureproofingCons-Practical uses are lacking-Pricey compared to Gen 4 drives-Not very many games support these yet-Disappointing random 4K numbers GamesRadar+ Verdict GamesRadar+ Verdict The Crucial T700 Pro is the fastest SSD we have tested to date. It’s the inevitable future of storage technology, bringing any consumers that buy it now huge futureproofing benefits. That said, we aren’t in the future yet, and in the here and now it simply is not necessary to grab one of these for gaming purposes. The Crucial T700 Pro is the fastest SSD we have tested to date. It’s the inevitable future of storage technology, bringing any consumers that buy it now huge futureproofing benefits. That said, we aren’t in the future yet, and in the here and now it simply is not necessary to grab one of these for gaming purposes. Pros+Incredible read/write speeds+Comes with and without a heatsink+Gives you futureproofing Incredible read/write speeds Comes with and without a heatsink Gives you futureproofing Cons-Practical uses are lacking-Pricey compared to Gen 4 drives-Not very many games support these yet-Disappointing random 4K numbers Practical uses are lacking Pricey compared to Gen 4 drives Not very many games support these yet Disappointing random 4K numbers Why you can trust GamesRadar+Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about our reviews policy. Why you can trust GamesRadar+Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so you can choose the best for you.Find out more about our reviews policy. The Crucial T700 Pro points to an inevitable future for gaming. Ever since the beginning of this art form, “the loading screen” has been synonymous with the experience. The annoyance of waiting, of anticipating the next level or section of a game has been frustratingly baked in. Over the years, we’ve seen creative ways of mitigating these stop-gaps - tapping mini-games, squeeze-throughs that secretly load your next section of gameplay - anything to stop our attention from being lost. Now, technology looks to bring about the loading screen’s demise once and for all. New Gen 5 SSDs take the already ridiculous speeds of PCIe Gen 4 and just about double them, making thebest SSDs for gamingfound in PCs, the PS5, and Xbox Series X look like amateur bits of back-alley tech. But are we really there yet, and will the loading screen ever disappear completely? Design (Image credit: Future / Duncan Robertson) Where other Gen 5 SSDs have taken their cooling measures to extremes, Crucial has played things a bit safer. There’s no tiny fan that can cause stability issues with the drive, and there’s no water cooler that seems like overkill, just a chunky copper-aluminium heatsink that has a similar feel to the brand’s P5 Plus and T500 models. There are clever vents integrated into the heatsink’s design to help air reach the drive itself, and overall, I like this advancement of the integrated form factor we see regularly on thebest SSDs for PS5. Gen 5 SSDs, more so than their Gen 4 siblings, get very hot under stress, so they absolutely need cooling so they don’t throttle or become unstable. Modern motherboards do have solutions for this though, so any new-gen drives that don’t have a non-heatsink version are shooting themselves in the foot a bit. In the case of my PC’sAsusROG Strix Z790-I motherboard, the Gen 5 NVMe bay is inverted, meaning I had to test the non-heatsink version because the integrated heatsink was far too tall to slot in. The T700 Pro can be had in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB fashion, all of which come with and without that chunky heatsink. In terms of dimensions, you’ll be glad to know that it has a fairly standard form factor, and any M.2 bay that can fit a regular 2280 drive will have no problem seating this. Although it’s been on offer pretty much since the month it launched, Crucial lists 1TB priced at $209 / £250, 2TB for $349 / £398, and 4TB for a ludicrous $599 / £711. Luckily, Crucial does offer a 5-year warranty for that amount. Features (Image credit: Future / Duncan Robertson) Perhaps most notably, The Crucial T700 Pro featuresMicrosoftDirectStorage compatibility, giving it plenty of futureproofing should more games invest in it. Unfortunately, the list of games that support DirectStorage currently is laughably thin. Gaming aside, Crucial claims this firmware does mean the SSD will use less CPU power when multitasking and free up your GPU a bit as well. The speeds on the box quote at an immense 12,400MB/s sequential read speed (remember that most Gen 4 drives tap out around the 7,000MB/s mark), and an 11,800MB/s sequential write speed. Zooming out a bit, that already surpasses the initial Gen 5 concept speeds which estimated 10,000MB/s speeds (1GB/s), so that’s a big win for the T700 Pro. The way Crucial is already cranking up these numbers is no less than a feat of engineering, and it has to be said that Micron has done incredible work to make this all possible. Speaking of Micron, its 232-layer TLC NAND is on board the T700 Pro, which will also be the case for the brand’s upcoming sequel, the T705 Pro. Performance (Image credit: Future / Duncan Robertson) In order to get the best performance out of the Crucial T700 Pro, or indeed any Gen 5 SSD, you’ll need a compatible PCIe Gen 5 motherboard, with a Gen 5 NVMe M.2 slot on it. For reference, a Z690 motherboard, despite having a PCIe Gen 5 GPU slot, most likely won’t have a Gen 5 NVMe port, so really scrutinize your own compatibility before spending money. Even with a compatible motherboard and SSD slot, I had to update to the latest version of my motherboard BIOS to get it to read the T700 Pro as a Gen 5 drive. When I initially installed it and booted to Windows, CrystalDiskMark was telling me it was reaching 900MB/s read speeds, which is more akin to one of thebest external hard drives for gamingthat uses traditional spinning discs. The good news is, even before I updated my BIOS, the T700 could be read using the Gen 4 interface, and it outperformed TheSeagate FireCuda 530while reading this way. It reached 7,119MB/s read speeds and 6,774MB/s write speeds, beating out my Seagate Firecuda’s 7,034MB/s and 6,739MB/s speeds respectively. Swipe to scroll horizontallyRow 0 - Cell 0Read (MB/s)Write (MB/s)Sequential 112,37811,517Sequential 28,8828,853Random 4K 1644402Random 4K 293273 Swipe to scroll horizontally Row 0 - Cell 0Read (MB/s)Write (MB/s)Sequential 112,37811,517Sequential 28,8828,853Random 4K 1644402Random 4K 293273 It’s honestly not that common with SSD testing, even in one of thebest gaming PCs, that you see a drive reach the advertised figures the manufacturer has put on the box. Yes, ok - technically, the T700 Pro was still just shy, but remember those advertised numbers are more of a ceiling, and the 2TB non-heatsink model I tested is pretty damn close to hitting it. Rather strangely, random 4K numbers were actually down compared the the Seagate Firecuda, which scored read speeds in test 1 of 711, and write speeds of 448. That not only goes to show the exceptional standard of the FireCuda, but also the volatility that some of the earliest Gen 5 SSDs have shown. So what does this all mean when it comes to gaming and general usage, I hear you ask. Well, you might be thinking it brings lightning-quick, or non-existent loading times. You may suspect that video editing, file transfers, and other content creation tasks end up feeling snappier. Maybe they do. Are the differences noticeable compared to top-rate Gen 4 drives? Not particularly. (Image credit: Future / Duncan Robertson) In fact, in four testing games, the Crucial T700 Pro turned in almost identical numbers to the FireCuda, and if I were to get really nit-picky, they were actually marginally slower in some cases. Swipe to scroll horizontallyRow 0 - Cell 0Seagate FireCuda 530 2TBCrucial T700 Pro 2TBRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart1.89 seconds1.59 secondsHunt: Showdown Stillwater Bayou30.52 seconds30.69 secondsDishonored: Return to the Tower1.89 seconds2 secondsAlan Wake 225 seconds30 secondsAlan Wake 2 (test 2)8 seconds7 seconds Swipe to scroll horizontally Row 0 - Cell 0Seagate FireCuda 530 2TBCrucial T700 Pro 2TBRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart1.89 seconds1.59 secondsHunt: Showdown Stillwater Bayou30.52 seconds30.69 secondsDishonored: Return to the Tower1.89 seconds2 secondsAlan Wake 225 seconds30 secondsAlan Wake 2 (test 2)8 seconds7 seconds It should be said that on that list, Rift Apart is the only game to feature support for DirectStorage. Nevertheless, the difference in loading times between the FireCuda and the T700 Pro was utterly minimal - definitely not disparate enough to warrant a more expensive purchase and all the compatibility headaches that come with Gen 5. Should you buy the Crucial T700 Pro? (Image credit: Future / Duncan Robertson) The Crucial T700 Pro is the fastest drive that no gamer needs. Sure, if you want the most cutting-edge PC components that give you years of futureproofing, then it’s hard not to recommend this form of storage. It is the equivalent of the Concord aircraft - almost too fast for its own good because even though it’s a feat of engineering, human beings aren’t actually equipped to use it or afford it yet. The price is key because the T700 Pro is still significantly more expensive than the Gen 4 competition which doesn’t feel out of date in comparison. I love SSDs, so much so that my manager compared my relationship with them to Gollum and the One Ring, buteven Idon’t think anyone needs an SSD this fast yet. Don’t get me wrong, there will likely come a time when games have minimum spec requirements that include the Gen 5 interface, but it is not this day, and we are so far from that being an issue. This SSD is the best I’ve ever tested, but I don’t think anyone really needs to spend their money on it. In short, we might need to put up with loading screens for a wee while longer. 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Before installing it, I took control readings of the Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB Star Wars Edition drive that was initially my C: drive. I then installed the T700 Pro, took some speed readings, updated my BIOS, and took more. For sequential speeds I used CrystalDiskMark - the industry standard SSD benchmarking software. For testing load times in games, I used Dishonored: Definitive Edition, Alan Wake 2, Hunt: Showdown’s Stillwater Bayou map, and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart. I chose these games in particular for their varying technical demands. Ratchet and Clank was used for its widespread use of SSD technology and DirectStorage compatibility, Alan Wake 2 was chosen since it has the player situated in a few playing spaces simultaneously, Dishonored Definitive Edition was selected for its zippy loading times anyway, and Hunt: Showdown was added into the mix for being a multiplayer online game that typically loads slowly. To test these times I loaded into each scenario during 3 separate launches and took an average. With the case of Alan Wake, I loaded in a second time in each launch and recorded that time too. I’m aware this won’t have given exact figures, but I wanted a broad outline of how the T700 Pro would compare to Gen 4 SSDs in general gaming terms, and I believe this test was strong enough to record the average gamer’s experience. For more on how we test the latest gaming gadgets and gismos, you can read ourhardware policy. Looking for more console-specific storage? Check out thebest Xbox Series X hard drives, thebest PS5 external hard drive, and thebest PS5 heatsinks. 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