SSD Speed Test (Solid-State Drive Tester)

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.

M.2 SSDs M.2 SSD Test

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
Verbatim Vi7000G 1TB 49367 1024 GB 7231 MB/s 5238 MB/s 0,13 $ 7202
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 2TB WDS200T2X0E-00BCA0 2048 GB 7360 MB/s 6685 MB/s 0,07 $ 8735
TeamGroup MP44L 1TB TM8FPK001T0C101 1024 GB 5133 MB/s 4837 MB/s 0,05 $ 7238
TeamGroup MP44L 2TB TM8FPK002T0C101 2048 GB 4918 MB/s 4603 MB/s 0,04 $ 6196
Crucial P3 2TB CT2000P3SSD8 2048 GB 3666 MB/s 3265 MB/s 0,05 $ 4827
Crucial T700 2TB CT2000T700SSD3 2048 GB 12408 MB/s 11858 MB/s 0,13 $ 10081
MSI SPATIUM M461 1TB S78-440L1D0-P83 1024 GB 5109 MB/s 3902 MB/s 0,17 $ 6268
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SATA SSDs SATA SSD Test

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
KIOXIA EXCERIA 480GB LTC10Z480GG8 480 GB 499 MB/s 469 MB/s 0,13 $ 724
KIOXIA EXCERIA 960GB LTC10Z960GG8 960 GB 470 MB/s 480 MB/s 0,15 $ 735
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB SDSSDA-240G-G26 240 GB 530 MB/s 421 MB/s 0,13 $ 397
Verbatim Vi550 S3 2TB 49354 2048 GB 550 MB/s 462 MB/s 0,06 $ 658
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB MZ-77Q1T0BW 1024 GB 549 MB/s 486 MB/s 0,08 $ 808
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External SSDs External hard drives Test

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
Western Digital WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSD 2TB WDBAWY0020BBK-WESN 2048 GB 2070 MB/s 2062 MB/s 0,08 $ 1387
Verbatim Store 'n' Go Portable SSD 1TB 53230 1024 GB 468 MB/s 223 MB/s 0,11 $ 287
Samsung Portable SSD T9 1TB MU-PG1T0B 1024 GB 2021 MB/s 1879 MB/s 0,16 $ 1082
LaCie Portable SSD 1TB STKS1000400 1024 GB 1052 MB/s 1028 MB/s 0,11 $ 915
Western Digital WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSD 1TB WDBAWY0010BBK-WESN 1024 GB 2072 MB/s 2051 MB/s 0,10 $ 1343
Western Digital WD My Passport SSD 500GB WDBAGF5000AGY-WESN 500 GB 1092 MB/s 1046 MB/s 0,15 $ 1149
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USB-Sticks USB flash drive Test

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
Verbatim PinStripe Drive 128GB 49319 128 GB 96 MB/s 17 MB/s 0,12 $ 33
HP x796w 128GB HPFD796L-128 128 GB 126 MB/s 26 MB/s 0,11 $ 0
SanDisk Ultra Fit (Version 2023) 256GB SDCZ430-256G-G46 256 GB 351 MB/s 69 MB/s 0,08 $ 0
Verbatim PinStripe Drive 256GB 49320 256 GB 121 MB/s 44 MB/s 0,09 $ 28
SanDisk Ultra Curve 128GB SDCZ550-128G-G46 128 GB 111 MB/s 44 MB/s 0,10 $ 35
Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C 256GB DTDUO3CG3/256GB 256 GB 239 MB/s 104 MB/s 0,10 $ 0
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Test programs:

The following benchmark programs are used for SSD speed testing:

Test environment:

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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