the ps5 may be a little older than a year now but if you think back to when the ps5 m.2 expansion
slot was officially unlocked back in mid-september the reality is that the pci nvme ssd solution
is still very much green less than four months old to be exact and while more manufacturers are
gradually stepping into the space with their own ssd options for the time being it's still
primarily a handful of major players in the space that ps5 owners are turning to for their internal
storage solution for this video we're going to be taking a look at three ps5 compatible m.2 ssds
the seagate fire cuda 530 which is one of the most sought after ssds on the market
due to blazing speeds that can reach a max read of 7 300 megabytes per second and 6 900 right the or
7000 which can reach a max read of 7000 read and 5000 right and the oris 5000 which is actually
marginally below sony's list of requirements with max reads of 5 000 and 45 000 right megabytes per
second so we have a fairly well-rounded sample size to work with i'll be running a series of
tests for a handful of ps5 titles to gauge how each of the ssd stacks up to one another as well
as the onboard ps5 ssd we'll test data transfer speeds from both onboard ssd to m.2 and vice
versa we'll take a look at some in-game loading times in fast travel and we'll even take a look
at some side-by-side gameplay footage to see if we can spot any discrepancies or dips in performance
to kick things off let's take a look at the top line specifications for the aorus 5000 or
7000 and fire cuda 530 respectively the oris 5000 has an interface of pci express 4x4 nvme 1.3 and
is the oldest model of the three and therefore has the slowest sequential read and write speed
projections this particular drive has a capacity of two terabytes and as with all three of these
ssds the oris 5000 ships with a preinstalled heatsink but for this model specifically the
heatsink is fully comprised of a very dense copper material for both the top and casing as well as
the base plate dimensions are as follows and it's estimated to have a tbw or total terabytes written
of 3600 tb now this spec is an estimation of how many terabytes can be written onto a particular
drive before it is likely to fail so this is a good spec to be mindful of when you're shopping
for ssds other means of measuring an ssd's durability include specs such as mtbf or dwpd
if you want to get even deeper into the weeds when you're shopping for a particular drive you can
generally obtain these more granular details by pulling a data sheet for a given ssd that you're
considering moving along to the or 7000 which has an interface of pci express 4x4 nvme 1.4 this
particular drive has a capacity of one terabyte and the top portion of the heatsink consists of
a nano carbon coating to better distribute heat while the base plate is comprised of aluminum
dimensions are identical to the aorus 5000 which do fit within sony requirements and it has a total
terabytes written of 700 tb and lastly the fire cuda 530 with heatsink which two has an interface
of pci express 4x4 nvme 1.4 the body is comprised of aluminum and has an anodized finish to better
assist with cooling efficiency dimensions are as follows and you can see that the build is
noticeably slimmer than what the oris drives it has a tw of 2550 tb and one other standout
with seagate's viracuda is that it does come with a three-year rescue data recovery service
once you have a drive that fits within sony specifications and requirements
the installation process for an m.2 ssd with the pre-installed heatsink is very straightforward
which is a perk of blowing the pre-installed route in addition to peace of mind that your
heatsink is specifically engineered and optimized for the ssd that it encases
i don't know if it's just me but i always get a little tense when the time comes to remove the
stock plates because i've already gotten a few light scuffs here and there from swapping out
decals but a pro tip is to control the movement of the plate with your offhand once it's unhinged
before you begin the install make sure to touch a metal object to remove static electricity i'm
using a number one phillips screwdriver to remove the first screw securing the m.2 cover make sure
that that shiny round spacer is seated within the hole labeled h0 upon removal of the second mini
screw this one's really really easy to drop inside the fan so move very slowly and deliberately
to place it off to the side for safe keeping once the ssd is seated into the terminal at a diagonal
position lower the back portion of the ssd so you can fasten it down securely using that micro screw
that is absolutely begging to get lost inside the console if you've got butter fingers you may want
to consider covering the fan with a few strips of painters tape before you begin once the m.2 is
secure reattach the cover using the original screw snap the side plate back into place and then it's
time to head back over to your tv in the interest of time i'm not going to show this process for
each ssd being that they each have pre-installed heat sinks and dimensions are virtually identical
and though i showed the install for the fire cuda 530 we're going to kick things off with the aorus
5000 from this point upon powering on the ps5 after install you'll be asked to format the ssd
at which time the ps5 will provide you with a rough estimate of sequential read speed as you
can see for the aorus 5000 the read estimate is showing roughly 3863 megabytes per second which is
definitely below sony's 5500 requirement as well as gigabytes advertised 5 000 megabytes per second
but from my experience across the board the ps5 has a tendency to underestimate this value
fast forward to the or 7000 installed sequential read speed is showing roughly 6556
megabytes per second versus the 7000 advertised and the fire cuda 530 is showing roughly 6557
megabytes per second versus the 73 000 advertised for the head-to-head showdown we'll kick things
off with transferring games from on board to the respective m.2 ssds using the following titles
spider-man miles morales kina bridge of spirits and finally ratchet and clank with the part
imagine that the aorus 5000 the ssd with the lowest sequential read speed
of 3 800 megabytes per second according to ps5 came out on top two out of the three test
runs and the fire cuda 530 which had the highest estimated read speed of 6557 megabytes per second
came in dead last on all three test runs i ran these tests multiple times to ensure that
any variations in the numbers weren't skewing the results but this was the case each and every time
the aorus 5000 came out on top for spider-man miles morales and roger and clank rift apart
regardless but i would have never guessed this what was your prediction let me know down in the
comments below moving on to the data transfer test from the m.2 ssd back to the main on board
right off the bat it's immediately apparent transferring gain from onboard internal ssd
to the m.2 is significantly faster than transferring from m.2 back to the onboard
sony's custom ssd appears to take full advantage of the hyper write speeds that it's capable of
but when it comes to read nothing could be further from the truth and this is obviously not 100
reflective of the third party ssds themselves sony stock ssd reads couldn't possibly be this slow
there's definitely something at play behind the scenes that the average consumer is not privy to
nevertheless the fire cuda 530 really came to the forefront for this test run faster transfer speeds
for spider-man kina and ratchet and it would appear that the aorus 5000 being the slowest of
the three finally came back down to earth for this next run we'll be taking a look at some
in-game loading times as well as fast travel i'll let each of these run and then we'll discuss after
surprisingly the aorus 5000 came up big once again snagging the w for two out of
the four test runs excluding the onboard ssd we had a four-way tie for kennebridge
of spirits and the fire cuda didn't come out on top for any of the runs as i anticipated
also the onboard ssd even came in dead last for one of the spiderman load tests
next up gameplay kicking things off first with spiderman miles morales
game play across the fire cuda 530 the or7000 and the aorus 5000 was relatively consistent across
the board in comparison to sony's custom on-board ssd i didn't notice any major stuttering or frame
drops even for the oris 5000 and if i removed all of the drive labels and rearranged the clips
my hunch is that you'd be hard pressed to differentiate one from the other but after
extensive gameplay for this title across all ssds i'd say the performance hierarchy was as follows
on board fire cuda 530 or 7000 and finally or is 5000 kin of bridge of spirits was another where
performance from drive to drive was virtually indistinguishable and fast travel test results
again were identical from onboard all the way down to the aorus 5000 if i had to pick a winner
though i'd say the onboard seems to handle the game a tad bit better than all the others
overall i put the performance rating for kinder bridge of spirits as follows on board or 7000
fire cuda 530 and finally oars 5 000. this ratchet and clank rift-apart sequence is probably the best
of the three because it's definitely the most demanding from a bandwidth standpoint ratchet
passes through more than 7 independent portals throughout this short sequence within less than 60
seconds the interesting finding here is that there actually appears to be some frame loss across all
drives including the onboard but it appears to be most apparent surprisingly with the fire cuda 530
when freezing a number of frames at the identical spot within the sequence ratchet himself along
with images in the backdrop just don't appear to be as sharp as with the others i'd say from
best to worst it would have to be on board or 7000 or as 5000 and finally the fire cuda 530
so when it's all said and done how did the fire cuda 530 the or7000 and the ors 5000 nvme drives
stack up to one another to simplify things i removed the onboard custom ssd from the equation
because this is obviously engineered into the ps5 console so you have no choice in the matter
however for the third party ssds for each test run i used a three star rating system the winner for
each test run received three stars while second place received two and third place a single
star and in rarer cases where there were draws i distributed the ratings equally tallying up the
comprehensive ratings i came to the following results or 7 000 29 stars the fire cuda 530
27 stars and the aorus 5000 26 stars i want to emphasize that this is obviously a small sample
size and considering some small variances here and there this isn't a definitive open shut case
but i think that it provides some great insight nonetheless with regards to compatibility and
performance for real-world use case scenarios in most cases all we have to go off of is
specifications and certifications so it's cool to be able to garner some key takeaways in a
non-controlled environment now the ore7000 came out slightly on top as the overall winner because
it was the most well balanced of the three ssds offering relatively steady performance for both
read and write across the majority of the test the r7000 ps5 sequential read speeds were only
a hair behind the fire cuda 530 but it flat out outperformed it for each and every test run for
on board to m.2 the fire cuda 530 had a very slow start with transferring games from on board to m.2
it came in last place behind the or7000 and the aorus 5000 for each test run but for points lost
it quickly made up when it came to transferring games from m.2 back to the on board i will say
that i was a bit perplexed by recorded gameplay performance however specifically for ratchet and
clank rift apart as the or 7000 and the aorus 5000 appear to handle this sequence a lot better
but it's worth noting that i haven't played through the entire course of the game across
all three ssds but overall it was the slower test results from transferring games from on
board to m.2 that ultimately prevented the fire cuda from inching ahead for the number one slot
the aorus 5000 was 100 the dark horse for this entire exercise and based on the ps5 sequential
read speed of 3863 megabytes per second it didn't seem to belong in the discussion from
the very jump but miraculously enough the aorus 5000 was barely inched out by the fire cuda 530.
it won two out of the three on board to m.2 test runs and it performed surprisingly well
for loading and fast travel exercises so at the end of the day i think it's safe to say that 3
800 megabytes per second estimated from the ps5 is far below reality however as developers begin to
push the boundaries further for future games with more rigorous bandwidth demands it still remains
to be seen how the rs 5000 will stand to the test of time but all in all i was impressed by how well
it held its own against two ssd juggernauts before i wrap this one up i'm curious to know what ssd
you favored throughout this entire exercise and if you own a ps5 do you also have an m.2
installed for additional storage and if so what brand or capacity are you currently using if you
have yet to take advantage of the m.2 expansion slot option do you plan on picking one up in
the near future and if so what ssd specifically do you have your eye on and last but not least
what ps5 games are you guys currently playing i'm currently playing demon souls guardians of the
galaxy and i'm still working on keenan bridges spirits rising the clank rift apart and i'm
finally wrapping up ghost of tashima there just aren't enough hours in the day anymore as always
thanks for watching and supporting the channel and i will see you guys in the next one peace