TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD

Here you will find a detailed speed, performance and benchmark test review. Tested was the M.2 NVMe SSD T-Force Cardea A440 Pro with 2TB (TM8FPR002T0C129) from the brand TeamGroup.

Performance score 
8617
Price/GB
n/a
Read
7,400 MB/s
 Write
7,000 MB/s
Connector
M.2 2280
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x4
Technical specifications (manufacturer information)
Product image Product image T-Force Cardea A440 Pro
Manufacturer TeamGroup  
Model number TM8FPR002T0C129
Capacity 2048 GB (1863 GiB)
pSLC cache 212 GB approx.
Read speed 7400 MB/s
Write speed 7000 MB/s
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Connector M.2 2280
Memory module (NAND) TLC
DRAM cache ✓ Yes
TBW (Total Bytes Written) 1400 terabyte
Warranty 5 Years
Controller Phison PS5018-E18

Product
Score
Price
  Current price
n/a
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 Stock status unknown
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Compare product Compared to the test winner*
Read speed
98 %
Write speed
97 %
*) Test result rated by AS SSD score within the same capacity.

We put the TeamGroup NVMe M.2 SSD through a detailed test. You can find the test result / test report here:


AS SSD Benchmark

Standard performance test

The standard test was performed with a 5 GB file. A total score of 8617 points was achieved.

AS SSD Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD
AS SSD Read: Write:
Seq
in megabytes per second
6,035.05 MB/s
5,919.81 MB/s
4K
in megabytes per second
74.84 MB/s
213.52 MB/s
4K-64Thrd
in megabytes per second
2,428.29 MB/s
3,120.30 MB/s
Access time
in milliseconds
0.017 ms
0.090 ms
Score
3107
3926
Total score 
8617

Copy performance test

A common everyday scenario is simulated here. Three test folders are created:

  • ISO (folder with two large files)
  • Program (folder with many small files)
  • Game (folder with small and large files)

The three folders are copied using the Windows copy command (cache remains enabled). The real-world test from 23 March 2023 shows performance during simultaneous write and read operations. The lower the duration, the better.

AS SSD TEST: TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD
AS SSD Copy Benchmark Transfer rate: Duration:
ISO
two large files
1,992.05 MB/s
1.15 s
Program
typical program folder with many small files
1,244.27 MB/s
5.66 s
Game
a game folder with small and large files
1,864.46 MB/s
3.71 s

Compression performance test

Here, speed is measured depending on how compressible the data is.

AS SSD TEST: TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark

Similar to AS SSD, two sequential and two random performance tests are carried out here and the write and read speed (manufacturer specs: 7400 MB/s and 7000 MB/s) the TeamGroup SSD is measured.

CrystalDiskMark Benchmark Screenshot: TEST: TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD
CDM Read [MB/s] Write [MB/s]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
7,363.92
6,871.58
SEQ1M
Q1T1
4,150.77
5,689.24
RND4K
Q32T16
3,786.93
3,194.50
RND4K
Q1T1
80.86
234.78

IOPS (Input/Output operations per second)

CDM Read [IOPS] Write [IOPS]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
7,022.80
6,553.20
SEQ1M
Q1T1
3,958.50
5,425.70
RND4K
Q32T16
924,543.00
779,908.00
RND4K
Q1T1
19,740.70
57,318.10

Average latency

CDM Read [µs] Write [µs]
SEQ1M
Q8T1
1,138.61
1,218.80
SEQ1M
Q1T1
252.46
184.11
RND4K
Q32T16
536.59
635.46
RND4K
Q1T1
50.53
17.30

HD Tune Pro long-term test

A long-term test was performed to fully utilize the storage. You can see at what point the cache (if present) becomes full and write performance drops. A test file of 300 GB was written to the medium. After approx. 212 GB, the cache was full and performance was throttled.
The test file could at least be read with an average read speed of 6,121 MB/s and written at 4,985 MB/s.

HD Tune endurance test TEST: TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD

HD Tune Pro Benchmark

HD Tune writes a 5 GB file to the TeamGroup NVMe M.2 SSD. The transfer data of the read speed is displayed graphically. The minimum, maximum and average values are also determined. The measured access time and burst rate are also shown.

HD Tune TEST: TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD

ATTO Disk Benchmark

Here, a 256 MB file is written to the TeamGroup NVMe M.2 SSD multiple times. The I/O block size varies (from 512 bytes to 64 megabytes). The larger the blocks, the faster writing and reading usually becomes.

ATTO Disk Benchmark TEST: TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD

SSD-Z Benchmark

Similar to HD Tune, a 500 MB file is written to the TeamGroup NVMe M.2 SSD here. The transfer data is displayed. The more consistent the line, the better. Unfortunately, the tool no longer works correctly from around 4,000 MB/s and no line is displayed (and sometimes incorrect min/max data is shown).

SSD-Z TEST: TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro 2TB M.2 SSD


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