• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

Team Group MP34Q 2 TB

W1zzard

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
May 14, 2004
Messages
26,956 (3.71/day)
Processor Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory 48 GB
Video Card(s) RTX 4080
Storage 2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s) 30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software Windows 10 64-bit
The Team Group MP34Q is a QLC-based M.2 NVMe SSD that uses the PCIe 3.0 interface, Phison's highly popular E12 controller, and 96-layer 3D QLC NAND from Micron. In our testing, we saw good performance results, but price/performance suffers due to the high price.

Show full review
 
Joined
Feb 20, 2019
Messages
7,194 (3.86/day)
System Name Bragging Rights
Processor Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard It has no markings but it's green
Cooling No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory 2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s) Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage 32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s) 10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case Veddha T2
Audio Device(s) Apparently, yes
Power Supply Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.
QLC should never cost more than TLC.
Hard no.
 
Joined
Feb 18, 2013
Messages
2,178 (0.54/day)
Location
Deez Nutz, bozo!
System Name Rainbow Puke Machine :D
Processor Intel Core i5-11400 (MCE enabled, PL removed)
Motherboard ASUS STRIX B560-G GAMING WIFI mATX
Cooling Corsair H60i RGB PRO XT AIO + HD120 RGB (x3) + SP120 RGB PRO (x3) + Commander PRO
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB RT 2 x 8GB 3200MHz DDR4 C16
Video Card(s) Zotac RTX2060 Twin Fan 6GB GDDR6 (Stock)
Storage Corsair MP600 PRO 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 x4 SSD
Display(s) LG 29WK600-W Ultrawide 1080p IPS Monitor (primary display)
Case Corsair iCUE 220T RGB Airflow (White) w/Lighting Node CORE + Lighting Node PRO RGB LED Strips (x4).
Audio Device(s) ASUS ROG Supreme FX S1220A w/ Savitech SV3H712 AMP + Sonic Studio 3 suite
Power Supply Corsair RM750x 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular
Mouse Corsair M65 RGB FPS Gaming (White)
Keyboard Corsair K60 PRO RGB Mechanical w/ Cherry VIOLA Switches
VR HMD Pico 4 128GB AIO VR Headset* (* = in consideration of getting one)
Software Windows 10 Professional x64 (Update 22H2)
$300 for 2TB QLC and only has PCIe Gen3?? Just no.
 
Joined
Jun 26, 2007
Messages
2,167 (0.35/day)
Location
Darkness
System Name Unreal Machine IV
Processor Ryzen 7 5700X
Motherboard Asrock 570X Taichi
Cooling Noctua U9S
Memory Team UD4-4000 @4000 CL18 1:1
Video Card(s) 5600XT Red Devil
Storage Kingston SSD 240GB + WD RED 4TB + WD Blue SN 550 Nvme 1TB X3
Display(s) DELL U2417H
Case Old school Termalthake xaser III black with lots of noctua 80mm fans
Audio Device(s) Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion + Creative Inspire t7900 7.1 + Sony MDR-1A + AKG K-240
Power Supply Seasonic Prime GX-750
Mouse Logitech G502 hero SE
Keyboard Logitech
Software 10 pro
Benchmark Scores Cinebench R23 Multi ~15k 4.4Ghz all core Cinebench R23 single 1.5k 4.65Ghz
Why does doubling capacity on ssd always means more than double the price?
Im pretty sure manufacturing costs difference from 1TB to 2TB should be marginal, pcb and controller should remain the the same...
 
Joined
Feb 20, 2019
Messages
7,194 (3.86/day)
System Name Bragging Rights
Processor Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard It has no markings but it's green
Cooling No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory 2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s) Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage 32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s) 10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case Veddha T2
Audio Device(s) Apparently, yes
Power Supply Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.
Why does doubling capacity on ssd always means more than double the price?
Im pretty sure manufacturing costs difference from 1TB to 2TB should be marginal, pcb and controller should remain the the same...
Because you're not adding more BGA packages, you're adding higher density BGA packages. Manufacturing cost increases exponentially with density which is why there's always a 'sweet spot' for SSD price/capacity:

Too small and the PCB/controller/assembly cost is too much of the overall cost so jumping up in density doubles capacity for negligible extra cost.

Too big and the exponentially more expensive NAND packages ruin the product's cost/TB - you'd only pay that much for NAND if it was the highest-performing controller on a PCIe 4.0 flagship product. Saving a few bucks on a budget controller and skipping the DRAM cache is pointless because at the top NAND densities those other parts are only a couple of percent of the BOM costs anyway.
 
Joined
Oct 18, 2019
Messages
392 (0.24/day)
Location
NYC, NY
Interested in the declining prices of 4TB and 8TB.

My laptop could use some love.
 

W1zzard

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
May 14, 2004
Messages
26,956 (3.71/day)
Processor Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory 48 GB
Video Card(s) RTX 4080
Storage 2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s) 30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software Windows 10 64-bit
Price is down to $240 on Amz now, guess they saw my review ;)
 
Joined
Aug 4, 2020
Messages
1,567 (1.18/day)
Location
::1
Still almost double the price at which I would consider this good value tho ...
QLC has to beat like $.07/GiB at this point.
 
Joined
Feb 20, 2019
Messages
7,194 (3.86/day)
System Name Bragging Rights
Processor Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard It has no markings but it's green
Cooling No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory 2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s) Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage 32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s) 10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case Veddha T2
Audio Device(s) Apparently, yes
Power Supply Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.
Still almost double the price at which I would consider this good value tho ...
QLC has to beat like $.07/GiB at this point.
QLC sucks at providing value anyway. It only reduces the cost of the NAND by 25% and the cost of the NAND is about 1/5th the cost of a current 1TB drive:

20% NAND
20% controller, PCB, and other SMCs
20% R&D, tooling, assembly cost, production overheads
20% packaging, software/firmware, distribution, marketing, certification, validation blah blah blah.
20% margin for manufacturer.
The manufacturer sells 1000 drives to the retailer for ~$100 per unit, and the retailer will sell one to you for $125.

If we do the same breakdown for a current 1TB QLC drive, it looks EXACTLY the same, apart from the NAND, which is now 25% cheaper, going from $20 in the example above to $15.

That $5 saving gets passed on to you but at $125 for a TLC drive that performs consistently in all conditions and has verifiable lower latencies and better endurance is a way better deal than the equivalent QLC drive for just $120. Perhaps if we were taking about a 4TB drive, the cost savings would be significant enough to convince some people - At 4TB the NAND costs would make up more like 80% of the overall production cost of the drive, and getting 25% lower NAND costs on that is a 20% saving. Still not great, but possibly enough to sway someone who is cost-sensitive and plans to do very little write-intensive work with the drive.

TL;DR
NAND isn't a significant enough portion of the overall cost to make it worth ruining a drive with QLC just to save $5.
 
Joined
Aug 4, 2020
Messages
1,567 (1.18/day)
Location
::1
I mean why does a product like this exist to begin with then? Because this is certainly not providing us with any value at all at this point. If you cannot significantly beat TLC's cost per GB with QLC, why even bother making a worthless product?
 

W1zzard

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
May 14, 2004
Messages
26,956 (3.71/day)
Processor Ryzen 7 5700X
Memory 48 GB
Video Card(s) RTX 4080
Storage 2x HDD RAID 1, 3x M.2 NVMe
Display(s) 30" 2560x1600 + 19" 1280x1024
Software Windows 10 64-bit
significantly beat
you don't have to. Lots of my computer illiterate real-life friends bought Samsung 870 QVO because "it's Samsung and was cheaper than other SSDs"
 
Joined
Feb 20, 2019
Messages
7,194 (3.86/day)
System Name Bragging Rights
Processor Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard It has no markings but it's green
Cooling No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory 2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s) Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage 32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s) 10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case Veddha T2
Audio Device(s) Apparently, yes
Power Supply Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.
you don't have to. Lots of my computer illiterate real-life friends bought Samsung 870 QVO because "it's Samsung and was cheaper than other SSDs"
Sad but true.
All hail independent reviewers.
 
Top