Teamgroup T-Create P31 evaluation: A quick, rugged SSD for video creators

Greatest Costs Right now: Teamgroup T-Create P31 CinemaPr SSD

Designed for videographers and content material creators, the Teamgroup T-Create P31 CinemaPr stands out due to its mount factors and attachment {hardware}, making it one of many extra distinctive USB SSDs we’ve examined. It’s a rugged (IP67), 10Gbps mannequin that additionally performs on the prime of its class.

Teamgroup T-Create P31 CinemaPr: Options

The P31 is a troublesome, weatherized IP67-rated (dust-proof, submersible — regardless of an uncapped Sort-C port) 10Gbps USB SSD constructed from anodized aluminum. It measures about 3.6 inches lengthy by 2 inches vast by 0.45 inches thick and weighs 3.4 ounces. It has a reassuring heft to it.

By far essentially the most distinctive function of the P31 is its 4 units of three 1/4-inch screw holes on each side, the again and prime of the lanyard opening. These help you mount the drive in your cage or different video gear in any orientation you select.

Teamgroup gives two heavy-duty quick-release digicam mounting screws and a male-to-male adapter with locking disc for this function (see the lead picture).

Teamgroup didn’t present a lot data on the P31’s internals, so we’re undecided which controller is getting used. Random efficiency would possibly point out some DRAM or it may not.

The drive is warrantied for 5 years (regular for exterior SSDs is three), however there’s no TBW (TeraBytes that could be written earlier than read-only) score that we may discover. Given the efficiency, we’d count on at the very least 600TBW, although video workloads may push that increased.

As it’s, with out a TBW score, count on 5 years of reasonably heavy use. Probably extra, since SSDs are sometimes conservatively rated as a result of legal responsibility considerations.

Teamgroup T-Create P31 CinemaPr: Worth

Given the rugged, extremely specialised design, the P31 is an distinctive worth within the 1TB capability: $78. Although you’ll probably need extra capability in case you’re working with video.

In that case, $212 for the 2TB and $417 for the 4TB are nearer to what we’d count on. Not as a lot of a discount because the 1TB is, however nonetheless affordable given the IP67 score and efficiency.

Teamgroup T-Create P31 CinemaPr: Velocity

Not like the just lately reviewed Teamgroup PD20, the P31 largely held its personal towards the 10Gbps competitors.

Although the Corsair EX300U dominated in CrystalDiskMark 8’s sequential exams, the P31’s efficiency right here was nonetheless nothing to scoff at.

The P31’s random efficiency below CrystalDiskMark 8 was wonderful — the most effective of the three in contrast drives.

It was a see-saw battle between the P31 and the Corsair EX300U in our 48GB switch exams. Each did fairly properly total.

The P31 actually got here into its personal throughout the 450GB write, shaving fairly a couple of seconds off even the EX300U’s time.

On subsequent, consecutive lengthy copies (900GB, then 450GB), the P31 did begin waffling its velocity between 250MBps and 900MBps on the finish of the writes. We are able to stay with that.

There’s nothing missing the P31’s efficiency apart from maybe it not being USB4. However you’ll, after all, pay extra for that and it’s not obligatory for many transportable 4K video tools. Should you’re capturing uncooked 8K or up, you want one thing rather a lot sooner and vaster.

Teamgroup T-Create P31 CinemaPr: Conclusion

The P31’s straightforward, safe, and versatile attachment to video tools makes it a significant boon for videographers and creators. Its ruggedness and dependable efficiency solely add to the enchantment. Good job, Teamgroup.

How we check

Drive exams presently make the most of Home windows 11 24H2, 64-bit working off of a PCIe 4.0 Samsung 990 Professional in an Asus Z890-Creator WiFi (PCIe 4.0/5.0) motherboard. The CPU is a Core Extremely i5 225 feeding/fed by two Essential 64GB DDR5 5600MHz modules (128GB of reminiscence whole).

Each 20Gbps USB and Thunderbolt 5 are built-in into the motherboard and Intel CPU/GPU graphics are used. Inside PCIe 5.0 SSDs concerned in testing are mounted in an Asus Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 adapter card siting in a PCIe 5.0 slot.

We run the CrystalDiskMark 8.04 (and 9), AS SSD 2, and ATTO 4 artificial benchmarks (to maintain article size down, we report solely the previous) to seek out the storage system’s potential efficiency. Then we run a sequence of 48GB switch and 450GB write exams utilizing Home windows Explorer drag and drop to indicate what customers will see throughout routine copy operations, in addition to the far sooner FastCopy run as administrator to indicate what’s doable.

A 25GBps two-SSD RAID 0 array on the aforementioned Asus Hyper M.2 x16 Gen5 is used because the second drive in our switch exams. Previously the 48GB exams had been achieved with a RAM disk serving that function.

Every check is carried out on a NTFS-formatted and newly TRIM’d drive so the outcomes are optimum. Be aware that in regular use, as a drive fills up, efficiency could lower as a result of much less NAND for secondary caching, in addition to different components. This concern has abated considerably with the present crop of SSDs using extra mature controllers and much sooner, late-generation NAND.

Be aware that our testing MO evolves and these outcomes could not match these from earlier articles. Solely comparisons contained in the article are 100% legitimate as these outcomes are gathered utilizing the present {hardware} and MO.