TeamGroup MP44S 1TB, M.2 2230 / M-Key / PCIe 4.0 x4, Kühlkörper

Die Teamgroup MP44S weist hohe Schreib- und Lesegeschwindigkeiten auf. Der Hersteller hat einen sehr guten Controller verbaut und gibt gute Garantieversprechen. Einziger Kritikpunkt ist der verwendete Speicher, der unter Dauerlast auf unter 100 MB/s Schreibgeschwindigkeit fällt. Der Hersteller setzt hier auf langsames QLC-NAND, kompensiert dies aber sehr gut, indem ein Viertel der Kapazität als SLC-Cache betrieben wird.

The Team Group MP44S 1TB drive does offer entry-level to mainstream performance due to the use of QLC 176-layer Micron flash and not TLC, exposing the same weakness we have seen before with other drives as soon as the pSLC has been fully filled, from our estimation a size of about 240GB. While the lowest transfer rate is about 70MB/s, it should be okay in systems such as Steam Deck or ASUS ROG Ally, when used mainly for storing lots of games. One benefit of the MP44S is that it does not get hot during intensive use, an ideal case when installed in chassis with less-than-ideal cooling systems.

The available M.2 SSD form factors have been pretty constant over the past years. Basically everything uses the M.2 2280 format, which makes the drives 22 mm wide and 80 mm long. No doubt, these dimensions are great for desktops and most laptops. With the release of the Steam Deck and ROG Ally portable game consoles, this status quo has changed. An 80 mm SSD is suddenly pretty big, considering the whole Steam Deck is just 30 cm long and 12 cm wide. That's why these new consoles use drives built on the smaller M.2 2230 form factor—just 3 cm long.