European Reviewers Give High Marks to the Solidigm P44 Pro

Solidigm’s flagship client product, the P44 Pro, recently received high marks from several Europe-based media outlets. Below are summaries of the findings in key benchmark tests.

The Daily Mirror offered an extremely positive review of the P44 Pro (1TB), awarding the drive a five-star rating. Communities Editor Stefan Mieszek even went so far as to say he thought Solidigm had been ”conservative” in its performance specifications and how he was surprised with the results.

• Windows Boot Test – Restarting a machine with Windows installed, the computer booted up in an average of 10.54 seconds, which Mieszek called “exceptionally quick”

• Persona 5 Royal from Steam – The menu for this popular role-playing game on the Steam platform loaded in just 5.63 seconds. “This is again exceptionally quick,” wrote Meiszek.

• CrystalDiskMark -  this sequential read/write benchmark closely simulates everyday usage. The P44 Pro demonstrated a read speed of 7109.96 MB/s, and a write speed of 6674.91. MB/s. “These are exceptionally high speeds, with the read speed surpassing most cheaper or similarly priced drives,” wrote Meiszek.

The conclusion? “The Solidigm P44 Pro is a great drive that stands up against the big boys with no difficulty. It's easy to install, looks good, and appears to be built to last - particularly when you take note of the 750 TBW or 5-year warranty.”

See the full review here: Solidigm P44 Pro 1TB review: A solid M.2 hard drive that offers high capacity and breakneck speed (2/17/23)

PC World Poland tested 16 SSDs and called out Solidigm’s P44 Pro for the “Top Performance” award. Tests where the P44 Pro excelled include:

• The ATTO Disk Benchmark test, which showed a sequential write speed of 5910 MBs/s and a read speed of 6390 MB/s for the 1 TB drive.

• CrystalDiskMark, which tests the maximum speed of sequential reading and writing for a 1 MB file, produced a write speed of 6716.04 and a read speed of 7128.31.

• Anvil's Storage Utilities, which runs the sequential read and write speed test for a 4 MB file, showed the P44 Pro with the highest marks at 5044.33 MB/s write and 6243.9 MB/s read.

• AS SSD benchmark for 16MB files showed the P44 Pro demonstrating write speeds of 5608.27 and read speeds of 5937.43.  
• The 3DMark test, which measures real-world performance, checks copy times and the results of 10 separate tests, including game loading speed, game installation speed, save speed or gameplay; in this particular test, the P44 Pro was “unrivaled” at 447.72.

Writer/reviewer Dominik Kujawski concluded, “The "Top Performance" award goes to the Solidigm P44 Pro drive, which was simply unbeatable in most tests.”

See the full article here: Best NVMe SSD. A great test and what to take into account when choosing (2/17/2023)

*Translated from Polish

GameZoom tested the Solidigm’s P44 Pro (1TB)– and gave the drive a 90% rating based on the following results:

• CrystalDiskMark, which tests the maximum speed of sequential reading and writing for a 1 MB file. The P44 Pro demonstrated a read speed of 7384 MB/s, and a write speed of 6578. MB/s.

• The AS SSD benchmark showed sequential speeds of 6003 MB/s read and 5904 MB/s write for the 1TB P44 Pro.  

• The ATTO Disk Benchmark test showed read speeds of 688 MB/s for the 8192 KB and write speed of 6160 MB/s for write.

Writer/reviewer Christoph Miklos concluded, “The first Solidigm M.2 SSD on our test table makes a good impression. With the in-house technology (controller, memory) there is hardly anything to complain about. High read values, very good application performance and a decent service life (including a 5-year guarantee) speak in favor of buying the P44 Pro 1TB.”

Read the full review here: https://gamezoom.net/artikel/Solidigm_P44_Pro_1TB_Test_Review-51733-8 (2/11/23)

*Translated from German