Crucial T700 SSD

The Crucial T700 offers high levels of performance and increased bandwidth over PCIe 4.0 drives. Its DirectStorage-optimized firmware and optional custom heatsink make it a good choice for enthusiasts as the fastest drive currently available.

-- As reviewed by Tom's Hardware
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Product details

  • BLISTERING SPEEDS: Get sequential reads/writes of up to 12,400/11,800MB/s and random read/writes of up to 1,500K IOPS** for blazing performance
  • ULTIMATE GAMING & CREATIVITY: With Microsoft DirectStorage, elevate gaming with up to 60% faster texture renders8 and reduced load times, render photos or UHD/8K+ videos and run heavy workloads with up to 99% less CPU utilization********
  • COMPATIBLE: Ready for performance with your motherboard heatsink*, the T700 installs easily in your M.2 slot. (T700 must be installed with a heatsink.)
  • INNOVATION: Produced in house with the Micron 232-layer TLC NAND3 for Intel 13th Gen and AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs
  • SPACIOUS: Store more games, UHD/8K+ media, apps, files and more with up to 4TB***** of capacity

PROS

+ High all-around performance, fastest to date
+ Effective passive heatsink, optionally DIY
+ DirectStorage-optimized firmware

CONS

- Early adopter product with incoming competition
- Much higher price relative to fast PCIe 4.0 SSDs
- Only modest real-world performance gains
- Optional heatsink only does "okay"

Expert reviews and ratings

By Tom's Hardware on May 30, 2023
The Crucial T700 offers high levels of performance and increased bandwidth over PCIe 4.0 drives. Its DirectStorage-optimized firmware and optional custom heatsink make it a good choice for enthusiasts as the fastest drive currently available.
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