CONCLUSION

    Just like with its smaller capacity brother the 4TB variant of the T705 did extremely well across the board in terms of read & write performance. It might not have been able to produce stable reads and writes at its maximum advertised performance but the same applies for most drives out there so that’s nothing new. Of course, the primary reason behind this are the high temperatures this drive reached (especially during the IOMeter tests) even though it does come with a large heatsink. At 2400TBW endurance/durability for the T705 4TB is also very good and at least for me (and most people I'd expect) this is very important.

    With a current price tag set at USD506.99 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and at 715.31Euros inside the EU (Amazon.de) the Crucial T705 4TB Gen5 SSD is priced well, at least on the other side of the Atlantic. Price aside however the T705 4TB is clearly among the fastest and most durable consumer SSDs one can buy today and for that it deserves the Platinum Award.

PROS

- Quality
- Top Performance (Over 14000MB/s)
- Large Heatsink
- DirectStorage Improvements
- 2400TBW Endurance
- 5 Year Limited Warranty
- Price (USA)

CONS

- Price (EU)
- Temperatures