The long-dormant solid-state drive market has finally ushered in a disruptor. After the TiPlus7100 solid-state drive became an instant hit, Yangtze Storage·Zhetai continued to iterate on its products, and launched the first product of the Ti series in October this year, the Zhetai Ti600 solid-state drive. The Ti600 solid-state drive has a higher cost performance and is available in multiple capacity versions of 500GB, 1TB and 2TB for different players. At the same time, there is no ambiguity in terms of performance. The reading speed of up to 7000MB/s and the writing speed of 6300MB/s allow players to enjoy the ceiling speed of PCIe4.0.

In order to meet the demand for large-capacity storage, Zhidai brings players the Ti6004TB capacity version, which has a better experience in terms of performance. Let’s first take a look at the characteristics of this PCIe4.0 solid-state drive.

Stylish design: 4TB per side, full capacity density

The outer packaging of the Zhishui Ti6004TB still has a sea blue main body design. The front has the product's appearance design and features, and the back has the specific configuration and instructions of the Ti600. With the 4TB capacity version, Ti600 has more choices, covering a variety of capacities from 500GB to 4TB, meeting the needs of more users.

The front of the Ti6004TB SSD is a label sticker, which displays the product model, capacity, serial number and other information, as well as related certification marks. You can see that the product adopts the crystal stack Xtacking architecture and uses the PCIeGen4x4 interface.

It is worth mentioning that the label sticker of Ti6004TB also integrates heat dissipation copper foil, which can better dissipate heat, which is very necessary for large-capacity high-speed solid-state drives.

Below the label is the full picture of the Ti6004TB. This SSD adopts a DRAMless solution and is based on Yangtze Storage's innovative crystal stack Xtacking3.0 architecture. It supports PCIe4.0 and NVMe2.0 protocols. The four flash memory particles adopt a single-sided layout design, which is convenient for players to use with heat sinks. It is also better compatible with notebooks and PS5 and other platforms.

It is worth mentioning that the Zhidao Ti6004TB solid-state drive also provides a 5-year or 1600TBW warranty, which is more considerate for users.

Powerful performance: 7300MB/s to enjoy PCIe4.0 ceiling-level performance

Coming to the test session, we first conducted a theoretical performance test on the Ti6004TB. This test used an Intel Core i9-14900K with a Z790 motherboard, an RTX 4080 graphics card, and 32GB DDR56000MHz memory. The ambient temperature was 28°C and the ambient humidity was 20% RH.

In CrystalDiskinfo, you can see that the transmission mode of the Ti6004TB is PCIe4.0x4, the transmission standard is the latest NVMeExpress2.0, and the standby temperature is only 38℃ at room temperature of 28℃.

In the test of the benchmark software CrystalDiskMark, the sequential reading speed of the Ti6004TB reached 7315MB/s, and the sequential writing speed reached 6334MB/s, easily reaching the ceiling performance of PCIe4.0.

In the 4K test, the Ti6004TB performed equally well. The 4K random read and write speed reached 1050KIOPS and 856KIOPS, which was further improved on the basis of the 2TB version and surpassed many PCIe4.0 solid-state drives, allowing for a better experience in large-scale games and content creation.

Then came the file benchmark test of HDTune Pro. After setting the file length of 200GB, the writing speed of the Ti6004TB was measured to remain at 6000MB/s, with no decline throughout the process. It can be seen that its SLC cache capacity is very large, and its long-term writing performance is very stable.

Experience the outstanding performance of Ti: 3958 points and excellent game performance

The Ti6004TB performs well in terms of theoretical performance. Below we test the actual usage scenarios, simulating comprehensive mainstream application scenarios through PCMARK10, and the 3DMark storage test for game performance to demonstrate the performance of this SSD in real usage environments.

In the PCMark10 complete system disk benchmark test, the Ti6004TB scored 3958 points, the test bandwidth reached 627.49MB/s, and the average access time was 42μs, which means that it can provide excellent read and write speed performance as both a system disk and a game disk.

In 3Dmark's game performance storage test, the performance of the solid-state drive was evaluated for loading, saving, installation and recording of three games. The test results showed that the Ti6004TB scored 3719 points in the 3DMark storage benchmark test, with an average bandwidth of 633.35MB/s and an average access time of 48μs. It can also provide a smoother experience in games.

Many players choose SSD as the system disk and game disk, so that they can experience smoother game performance. We also installed the game in Zhidao Ti6004TB to test the gaming experience. The first is "Counter-Strike 2" which has upgraded the Source2 game engine.

"Counter-Strike 2" in different game modes has extremely fast loading speed. You can enter the game in about 1 second after the matching is completed. You can choose the team first in both casual mode and deathmatch mode. In the competitive mode, you can enter the warm-up in advance. It is still very friendly to competitive players.

"Shadow of the Tomb Raider" is very well optimized for the hardware, and the loading speed experience is very good. With the addition of the Ti6004TB, the game loading is almost seamless.

Among the remaining 3A masterpieces, including "Cyberpunk 2077" and "Borderlands 3", all have very fast loading speeds. This is inseparable from the fast response provided by the Ti6004TB for the memory and system. Overall, this SSD is very suitable for gaming platforms.

Convenient to use Ti: SmartTool management software controls your status

Excellent SSDs need to be ready at all times. Zhidao has developed Zhidao SmartTool management software for players, which is designed to provide status monitoring and optimization for Zhidao Ti600 series products. Downloading from the official website requires no installation and is more convenient to use.

Zhidai SmartTool provides common functions such as disk information, S.M.A.R.T information, firmware upgrade, clearing disk and system information. In the disk information interface, you can intuitively see the health and temperature of the disk. The disk's serial number, firmware version, written data volume, etc. are displayed below.

The S.M.A.R.T information interface provides more comprehensive disk information, including read and write data, host read and write command counts, power-on time and other original information.

The firmware information interface allows you to see the firmware version of the disk and provides firmware updates to keep the SSD in optimal condition at all times. The clear disk interface provides a simpler and safer clearing function. The system information interface allows you to view the configuration and system information of the entire system.

The first product of the Zhidai Ti series provides players with a wealth of choices, and the capacity has been directly increased to 4TB. This is not only a performance of Yangtze Memory's strength, but also a very necessary upgrade for users with higher requirements.

The Ti6004TB is equipped with original Yangtze Memory chips based on the crystal stack Xtacking3.0 architecture, and with the help of HMB and SLCCache technology, it provides a reading speed of up to 7300MB/s and a reading speed of 6300MB/s. s writing speed allows users to easily enjoy the ceiling performance of PCIe4.0. The powerful performance combined with ultra-large capacity and a 5-year warranty mean that the Ti6004TB SSD is a good choice for professional users and gamers.