After the Sony PS5 game console allows players to expand their own M.2 SSDs, many manufacturers have also launched corresponding products to provide consumers with more choices. This time Chen Ba is going to unpack and measure the e-sports brand of Team Group. In response to this wave of PS5 upgrades, T-FORCE launched the CARDEA A440 PSS (Pro Special Series) upgraded version SSD based on the previous A440 .

●Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version unpacking and appearance

First, let’s take a look at the unpacking and appearance of the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version. Different from the previous CARDEA A440/A440 Pro for computer use, the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB adopts a white packaging design. It is differentiated from CARDEA A440.

Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD boxed front, this time Chen Ba borrowed the 2TB version.

There is a 2TB capacity mark on the upper right corner of the box.

The lower right corner is marked with a 5-year product warranty.

On the back of Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version, the main features of the product are marked, including the use of PCIe Gen 4x4 transmission specifications, sequential read and write speed of over 7000 MB/s, thin graphene heat sink, and a maximum capacity of 4TB. and 5-year warranty.

On the front of the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version, since a graphene heat sink will be attached later, the original manufacturer does not put a warranty label on this side, so you can clearly see the particle layout. Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version adopts Phison in the AQV414EH controller part. PHISON's PS5018-E18 controller chip is paired with Micron's B47R 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash memory chip, with a single capacity of 256GB, and a total of four on the front and back and eight in total to provide 2TB of storage space. The buffer memory is a product of SK hynix, which is also matched with a 1GB particle on the front and back, with a 1TB capacity and a 1GB buffer memory.

Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version has the other side of the product warranty label.

The heat dissipation design of the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD is different this time. Compared with the A440/A440 Pro, which provides two different types of heat sinks, the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD is advertised for the Sony PS5 console. Expansion, so only thin graphene heat sinks are provided to conduct heat evenly.

Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version of graphene heat sink adopts a white design to distinguish it from A440/A440 Pro. In addition, you can see the initials of the last series in the Pro Special Series, and a specially made image It is the number 5, which is specially provided for Sony PS5 console expansion.

The back of the heat sink is pre-coated with adhesive, which is convenient for users to directly stick it to the SSD. However, Chen Ba reminds everyone that this graphene heat sink is actually a hard metal film material. If it is bent or It is pasted repeatedly, and it is difficult to install it flatly on the SSD in the end. It is recommended to adjust the installation at one time, otherwise it will be easy to warp.

The state after installing the graphene heat sink to the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version.

After pasting, put it directly on the expansion slot of the Sony PS5 game console to have a look. Of course, it is no problem to use a thin graphene heat dissipation patch. You can see that there is still a lot of space for heat dissipation and convection above.

●Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version performance test

Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version.

Next, we will test the performance of the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version. First, in the part of the Sony PS5 game console, install the TEAMGROUP T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version on the M. 2 SSD expansion slot, the read performance figures after formatting by the host system are as follows:

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The available space after formatting is 2.01 TB.

Chen Ba also actually used the method of moving the game to the SSD and writing it back to the host to test the actual transfer speed. The game tested was the 53.65GB "Demon's Souls". The test results are as follows:

Compared with the Samsung 980 Pro heatsink version previously tested by Chen Ba (see: Samsung 980 Pro SSD heatsink version out-of-the-box measurement plus heatsink provides PS5 cool expansion options, Sony PS5 SSD expansion and upgrade actual combat high performance SSD is not necessarily popular on PS5?), the performance of Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version is above the level.

In addition, Chen Ba also used the FLIR infrared meter to take pictures of the surface temperature of the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version and the temperature after the PS5 SSD slot cover was covered. The results are as follows:

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When writing, the surface temperature of Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version is about 68 ℃, and after the cover is closed, it is about 35 ℃.

In addition, for the performance part used on the PC platform, Chen Ba also measured it on the new Intel Z690 platform. The platform parameters used are as follows:

◆Processor: Intel Core i5-12600K

◆Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING Z690 PLUS WIFI D4

◆Memory: CORSAIR VENGENCE RS DDR4-3600 8Gx4

◆System SSD: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB

◆Power supply: Seasonic TX-1000

◆Cooling system: ROG RYUJIN 2 360 AIO

◆Operating system: Windows 11 Pro 21H2

The recognizable capacity of Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version in Windows 11 is 1863.01 GB.

Use Crystal Diskinfo to view the data of Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version. The transmission mode adopts PCIe Gen 4x4 interface, supports NVMe 1.4 standard and SMART diagnostic function.

●Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version Crystal DiskMark test

First of all, in the test part of Crystal DiskMark, Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version achieves 6916.29 MB/s for sequential reading and 6850.17 MB/s for sequential writing. The random write depth in 4K small blocks is 1. , the read speed is 68.44 MB/s and the write speed is 308.39 MB/s.

●Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version ATTO Disk BenchMark test

In the ATTO Disk BenchMark test, the maximum read speed of the Teamgroup T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version peaked at blocks above 128KB (including 128KB), with a speed of 6.59 GB/s. The write part also occurs in blocks above 128KB, with a speed of 6.42 GB/s.

In addition, in the IO read and write speed part, the highest speed can be maintained under 8KB blocks, the read part is 144.51 KIO/s, and the write part is 118.94 KIO/s.

●Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version AS SSD BenchMark test

In the AS SSD Benchmark section, the total score obtained by the Teamgroup T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version is 10875. Under the 1GB test file setting, the sequential read and write scores are: read 5541.74 MB/s, write into 5726.15 MB/s.

The results of the random access IO part are 808223 iops read and 1097801 iops written in the 4K 64-Third part.

In the AS SSD BenchMark copy test item, the results obtained by the Teamgroup T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version are: ISO copy item 3105.15 MB/s, program copy item 1200.30 MB/s, game copy item 2442.38 MB/s.

●Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version TxBench performance test

In the TxBench test, Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version achieved sequential read 6854.961 MB/s, write 6418.523 MB/s, 4K random read and write QD1 read 65.281 mB/s , write to 251.359 mB/s.

●Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version PCMark 10 storage performance test

Then use the storage performance test item in the PCMark 10 software to simulate the actual computer usage for testing, which is divided into Full System Drive Benchmark for testing comprehensive performance, Data Drive Benchmark for data storage and Drive Performance Consistency for testing durability performance. Test three tests, the following are the test results of Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version:

First, let’s look at the Full System Drive Benchmark part of the comprehensive performance test. The Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version is simulated as the only SSD in the computer for performance testing. The test content includes the boot time of Windows 10, the performance of various Adobe applications. The opening time, the opening time of the four games, and the file copy performance test were conducted in 3 rounds and a total of 69 tests, with a total of 204 GB of files written.

The Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version scored 2553 points in this part, with an average single IO access time of 67 microseconds and a bandwidth of 416.63 MB/s during access.

In the section of individual details, the bandwidth obtained by Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version is about 370 MB/s when Windows 10 is booted, and 4 ISO files (20 GB in total) are written. The write performance test score is about 3.6 GB/s, and the read score is similar. As for the opening speed of the game, the bandwidth of the three games "Battlefield 5", "Fighting Agents" and "Decisive Moment: Black Ops 4" to the main menu is 650 MB/s and 347 MB/s respectively. and 743 MB/s.

In the DATA Drive Benchmark test part used as a data disk, the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version obtained a score of 4137, a bandwidth of 620.26 MB/s, and an average access time of 38 microseconds.

In the individual details section, the performance test of writing, internal copying and reading with 339 JPEG files and a total of 2.37GB of material, Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version has an average performance of internal copying on the disk About 884.3 MB/s, in the part of external access, write about 574.6 MB/s, read about 469.6 MB/s.

Finally, there is the Drive Performance Consistency test item of disk durability, which uses Adobe series authoring software, large ISO file writing/copying, and 339 JPEG file writing/copying and other items for testing. To test the SSD's access performance after performing different large-scale write operations, the SSD performs various forms of large-scale write operations. The Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version scored 735 in this part, achieved a bandwidth of 176.62 MB/s, and an average single access time of 342 microseconds.

In the detail part, the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version is not only for the test items (orange lines) that copy 4 ISO files, but the rest of the test items are in a state where the performance is greatly reduced, such as The test items that internally copy ISO files are not affected by the remaining space in the SSD. In addition, there is only a single graphene heat sink as a heat dissipation method, so the performance under continuous writing will be unstable. It is recommended to use it on a computer with a heatsink on the motherboard.

In addition, in the part of buffer memory processing, Chen Ba also used the linear write test function of AIDA64 to test the buffer memory performance of Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version. The test results are as follows:

It can be seen that in the linear writing test of AIDA64, the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version started to write full speed after the continuous writing reached 35% (about 700 GB), and the write speed was reduced by 5300 MB/s. The speed drops to a maximum of around 760 MB/s and continues until full capacity is written.

In addition, Chen Ba also used the FLIR infrared thermometer to capture the surface temperature of the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version during the writing test. The captured values are as follows:

Without the assistance of the motherboard heatsink, the surface temperature of the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version can be close to 86°C during continuous writing. It is recommended to use it with the motherboard heatsink. appropriate.

●Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version test summary

In terms of configuration, the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version is basically a high-end SSD with the same configuration as the Seagate Firecuda 530, using Phison PS5018-E18 controller, Micron BR4 flash memory chips and SK Hynix storage memory is also the current top sequential read and write speed level of 7000 MB/s or more in performance, and it can also play a very good performance on the Sony PS5 host.

In terms of heat dissipation design, the Team Group T-FORCE CARDEA A440 PSS SSD 2TB version can be installed on the Sony PS5, so the large metal heat sink accessories on the A440/A440 Pro are omitted, and only graphene heat sinks are provided. It is a pity that the heat sink is used for heat dissipation. After all, other manufacturers have added a heat sink design to the existing products for the Sony PS5. However, Team Group removed this accessory because the large heat sink of the original A440 exceeded the height of the PS5 slot. Instead of attaching a heat sink that is highly suitable, it feels like it is cut enough to fit.