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. Soon, Gen. 5 SSDs will also be tested here, but the availability of these SSDs is still very low. The first products will probably not be available until the second half of 2023.
We have already tested 633 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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Lexar NM710 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 4859 MB/s | 4467 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 6266 |
TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 Pro 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 7368 MB/s | 5776 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 7590 |
TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Zero Z440 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 5008 MB/s | 4262 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 6707 |
Lexar NM610 Pro 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 3651 MB/s | 2654 MB/s | 0,04 $ | 4024 |
Patriot Viper VP4300 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 7465 MB/s | 6744 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 8641 |
Intel Solidigm P44 Pro 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 7350 MB/s | 6661 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 9191 |
Intel Solidigm P44 Pro 512GB | ![]() |
512 GB | 7403 MB/s | 5199 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 8575 |
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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Verbatim Vi550 S3 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 522 MB/s | 421 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 654 |
Intenso High Performance 960GB | ![]() |
960 GB | 550 MB/s | 462 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 647 |
Patriot P210 512GB | ![]() |
512 GB | 490 MB/s | 468 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 754 |
Silicon Power Ace A55 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 505 MB/s | 470 MB/s | 0,04 $ | 755 |
Silicon Power Ace A55 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 544 MB/s | 454 MB/s | 0,03 $ | 633 |
External USB-C hard drives are tested here. A maximum of 20 Gbit/s (~1900 MB/s in practice) is theoretically possible.
Product | Image | Capacity | Read | Write | Price/GB | Score |
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SanDisk Portable SSD 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 930 MB/s | 654 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 962 |
Corsair EX100U 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 1584 MB/s | 1527 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 1220 |
Western Digital WD My Passport SSD 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 1090 MB/s | 1078 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 1119 |
ORICO MTQ-10G 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 1230 MB/s | 1240 MB/s | 0,16 $ | 1211 |
SSK SD500 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 1230 MB/s | 1237 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 1035 |
Netac Z SLIM 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 561 MB/s | 512 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 588 |
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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SSK SFD020 64GB | ![]() |
64 GB | 118 MB/s | 36 MB/s | 0,17 $ | 40 |
Lexar JumpDrive P30 256GB | ![]() |
256 GB | 362 MB/s | 374 MB/s | 0,21 $ | 126 |
SSK SFD020 128GB | ![]() |
128 GB | 108 MB/s | 93 MB/s | 0,11 $ | 49 |
EMTEC B120 Click Secure 64GB | ![]() |
64 GB | 40 MB/s | 19 MB/s | 0,19 $ | 16 |
MediaRange Flash Drive 32GB | ![]() |
32 GB | 95 MB/s | 17 MB/s | 0,91 $ | 26 |
Kingston DataTraveler Exodia Onyx 64GB | ![]() |
64 GB | 96 MB/s | 20 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 42 |
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.
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