On this website you will find reviews of performance, speed and benchmark of M.2 NVMe SSDs, SATA SSDs and USB flash drives, which can assist you in your purchase decision. Meanwhile, Gen. 5 SSDs are also tested here.
We have already tested 819 products.
We test the new 4th generation PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD as well as the slower PCIe 3.0 x4.
Product | Image | Capacity | Read | Write | Price/GB | Score |
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Verbatim Vi7000G 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 7231 MB/s | 5238 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 7202 |
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 7360 MB/s | 6685 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 8735 |
TeamGroup MP44L 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 5133 MB/s | 4837 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 7238 |
TeamGroup MP44L 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 4918 MB/s | 4603 MB/s | 0,04 $ | 6196 |
Crucial P3 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 3666 MB/s | 3265 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 4827 |
Crucial T700 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 12408 MB/s | 11858 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 10081 |
MSI SPATIUM M461 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 5109 MB/s | 3902 MB/s | 0,17 $ | 6268 |
SATA 6 Gb/s SSDs are tested here. A maximum of 600 MB/s is theoretically possible (~550 MB/s in practice).
Product | Image | Capacity | Read | Write | Price/GB | Score |
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KIOXIA EXCERIA 480GB | ![]() |
480 GB | 499 MB/s | 469 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 724 |
KIOXIA EXCERIA 960GB | ![]() |
960 GB | 470 MB/s | 480 MB/s | 0,15 $ | 735 |
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB | ![]() |
240 GB | 530 MB/s | 421 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 397 |
Verbatim Vi550 S3 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 550 MB/s | 462 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 658 |
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 549 MB/s | 486 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 808 |
External USB-C hard drives are tested here. A maximum of 20 Gbit/s (~2.000 MB/s in practice) is theoretically possible.
Product | Image | Capacity | Read | Write | Price/GB | Score |
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Western Digital WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSD 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 2070 MB/s | 2062 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 1387 |
Verbatim Store 'n' Go Portable SSD 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 468 MB/s | 223 MB/s | 0,11 $ | 287 |
Samsung Portable SSD T9 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 2021 MB/s | 1879 MB/s | 0,16 $ | 1082 |
LaCie Portable SSD 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 1052 MB/s | 1028 MB/s | 0,11 $ | 915 |
Western Digital WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSD 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 2072 MB/s | 2051 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 1343 |
Western Digital WD My Passport SSD 500GB | ![]() |
500 GB | 1092 MB/s | 1046 MB/s | 0,15 $ | 1149 |
Here you can find performance tests of USB 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 memory sticks (USB 2.0 sticks are no longer tested as they are no longer up-to-date).
Product | Image | Capacity | Read | Write | Price/GB | Score |
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Verbatim PinStripe Drive 128GB | ![]() |
128 GB | 96 MB/s | 17 MB/s | 0,12 $ | 33 |
HP x796w 128GB | ![]() |
128 GB | 126 MB/s | 26 MB/s | 0,11 $ | 0 |
SanDisk Ultra Fit (Version 2023) 256GB | ![]() |
256 GB | 351 MB/s | 69 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 0 |
Verbatim PinStripe Drive 256GB | ![]() |
256 GB | 121 MB/s | 44 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 28 |
SanDisk Ultra Curve 128GB | ![]() |
128 GB | 111 MB/s | 44 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 35 |
Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C 256GB | ![]() |
256 GB | 239 MB/s | 104 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 0 |
The following benchmark programs are used for SSD speed testing:
The latest high-end hardware (2021) is used for the tests. This allows for exploiting the full performance of the storage media:
Gen. 4 SSDs (PCIe 4.0) can now also be tested using the AMD X570 chipsets.
NEW - Test environment for PCIe 5.0 SSD tests:
Since 2023 we have a new test PC with which we can also test PCIe 5.0 SSDs.
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