his website provides detailed performance, speed, and benchmark reviews of M.2 NVMe SSDs, SATA SSDs, and USB flash drives to assist you in making an informed purchase decision. Gen. 5 SSDs are now also tested here.
We have reviewed 1185 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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ORICO J-10 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 3434 MB/s | 2315 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 3057 |
ORICO D10 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 3646 MB/s | 3237 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 3763 |
Biwin Black Opal NV7400 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 7416 MB/s | 6617 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 6735 |
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 7296 MB/s | 6028 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 8485 |
Fikwot FX550 MARS 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 3120 MB/s | 1778 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 2664 |
Gigabyte Gen3 2500E 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 2254 MB/s | 1852 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 2275 |
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 14775 MB/s | 13500 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 12540 |
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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TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan Z 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 550 MB/s | 463 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 631 |
Fikwot FX815 PLUTO 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 543 MB/s | 474 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 678 |
Acer SA100 960GB | ![]() |
960 GB | 541 MB/s | 470 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 675 |
GiGimundo G500 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 534 MB/s | 451 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 414 |
Netac N530S 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 544 MB/s | 453 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 643 |
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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LaCie Portable SSD 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 1052 MB/s | 1039 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 1047 |
TeamGroup T-Force M200 Portable SSD 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 1919 MB/s | 2117 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 1838 |
Integral SlimXpress Pro 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 2046 MB/s | 1877 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 1250 |
Verbatim Vx500 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 567 MB/s | 521 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 684 |
Silicon Power PC60 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 566 MB/s | 432 MB/s | 0,14 $ | 309 |
ASUS TUF Gaming AS2000 Plus 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 2013 MB/s | 2095 MB/s | 0,12 $ | 1830 |
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 out of date).
Product | Image | Capacity | Read | Write | Price/GB | Score |
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Seagate Ultra Compact 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 1052 MB/s | 1023 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 1153 |
HIKSEMI RAPIDS Pro 256GB | ![]() |
256 GB | 1090 MB/s | 995 MB/s | 0,14 $ | 869 |
Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB | ![]() |
256 GB | 184 MB/s | 82 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 56 |
ADATA SC610 500GB | ![]() |
500 GB | 568 MB/s | 503 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 683 |
Samsung USB Flash Drive Type-C 512GB | ![]() |
512 GB | 440 MB/s | 117 MB/s | 0,14 $ | 171 |
Kingston DataTraveler Max (USB-C) 512GB | ![]() |
512 GB | 1088 MB/s | 1025 MB/s | 0,12 $ | 981 |
The following benchmark programs are used for SSD speed testing:
The latest high-end hardware (2021) is used for the tests. This allows the full performance of the storage media to be exploited:
Gen. 4 SSDs (PCIe 4.0) can now also be tested using the AMD X570 chipsets.
NEW - Test environment for PCIe 5.0 SSD testing:
Since 2023 we have a new test PC that allows us to test PCIe 5.0 SSDs.
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