Corsair introduced the MP700 PRO, its latest and fastest PCIe Gen5 M.2 SSD to date. This groundbreaking storage solution, available in capacities up to 4TB, offers exceptional performance that sets a new standard for next-gen storage, boasting a sequential read speed of 12,400MB/sec and a write speed of 11,800MB/sec. All MP700 PRO Gen5 SSDs are using the Phison E26 controller which is the fastest Gen5 SSD controller around and the PRO series offers up to a 75% speedup over the Gen4 drives. Currently, the Corsair MP700 PRO, Crucial T700, and T-Force Z540 SSDs are on par with each other, featuring the same transfer speeds, and are the fastest in the industry. The random read-and-write speeds of the MP700 PRO are rated at 1.5 million and 1.6 million, which is also one of the fastest in the market. Coupled with high speeds along with support for Microsoft’s DirectStorage, one should expect “out of the world” performance in real-time gaming.
Boasting such high transfer speeds isn’t something easy to do, and apart from the high-end components to achieve such milestones, a decent cooling solution is also required. To cater to this, Corsair has included their “HYDRO X” heatsink as well, which essentially slaps a waterblock on top of the heatsink. The heatsink can be paired custom loop as it uses two standard 1/4″ fittings. For those who aren’t water-cooling their PCs, you get an active-cooled heatsink too which features a big aluminum block that sits over the SSD.
