External SSD Test: Performance & Benchmark Tests
Here you will find detailed speed performance tests of portable USB-C drives. You can also use these on a USB Type-A connector using a adapter, but then they will only reach a maximum of 5 Gbit/s (~450 MB/s). The fast portable SSDs tested here reach 10 Gbit/s (~1,000 MB/s), 20 Gbit/s (~2,000 MB/s) or even 40 Gbit/s (~3,800 MB/s) on USB4. If your USB interface is not fast enough, you can retrofit it on a desktop PC using a PCIe expansion card to get the full speed. The card needs an ASM3242 chipset to be able to deliver USB Type-C 3.2 (Gen 2x2) with 20 Gbit/s; you also need a 15-PIN SATA connector for power. You can get such a card, for example, here.
Please note that the best portable SSDs only reach their top speed on a real USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port. Plugged into a Thunderbolt 4 or USB 4 port, the SSDs behave as if they were plugged into USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 and reach only 10 Gbit/s.
Number of tested portable SSDs: 129
| Product name | Image | Capacity | Read | Write | Score | Price | $/GB | Test | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADATA Elite SE880 512GB | 
|
512 GB | 2078 MB/s
|
1822 MB/s
|
1319 | 129 $ | 0.25 $ |  |
|
| ADATA Elite SE880 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2073 MB/s
|
1869 MB/s
|
1319 | 220 $ | 0.21 $ | |
|
| ADATA SD810 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2075 MB/s
|
1854 MB/s
|
1345 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| ADATA SE900G 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2069 MB/s
|
2074 MB/s
|
1801 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| ADATA SE920 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 3692 MB/s
|
3672 MB/s
|
3318 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| ADATA SE920 (@20Gbps) 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2076 MB/s
|
2077 MB/s
|
1802 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| ASUS TUF Gaming AS1000 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1081 MB/s
|
1056 MB/s
|
1070 | 276 $ | 0.27 $ | |
|
| ASUS TUF Gaming AS2000 Plus 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2013 MB/s
|
2095 MB/s
|
1830 | 208 $ | 0.10 $ | |
|
| Corsair EX100U 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1584 MB/s
|
1527 MB/s
|
1220 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Corsair EX100U 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1547 MB/s
|
1523 MB/s
|
1287 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Crucial X10 Pro 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2073 MB/s
|
1673 MB/s
|
1263 | 183 $ | 0.18 $ | |
|
| Crucial X10 Pro 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2072 MB/s
|
1810 MB/s
|
1307 | 260 $ | 0.13 $ | |
|
| Crucial X6 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 854 MB/s
|
773 MB/s
|
795 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Crucial X6 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 824 MB/s
|
813 MB/s
|
851 | 145 $ | 0.14 $ | |
|
| Crucial X6 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 828 MB/s
|
818 MB/s
|
959 | 233 $ | 0.11 $ | |
|
| Crucial X8 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1052 MB/s
|
1014 MB/s
|
1083 | 220 $ | 0.11 $ | |
|
| Crucial X9 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1052 MB/s
|
1011 MB/s
|
1057 | 99 $ | 0.10 $ | |
|
| Crucial X9 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1051 MB/s
|
1017 MB/s
|
1087 | 181 $ | 0.09 $ | |
|
| Crucial X9 Pro 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1088 MB/s
|
935 MB/s
|
959 | 169 $ | 0.17 $ | |
|
| Crucial X9 Pro 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1089 MB/s
|
1008 MB/s
|
1018 | 277 $ | 0.14 $ | |
|
| Emtec X210 Elite 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 567 MB/s
|
140 MB/s
|
371 | 73 $ | 0.07 $ | |
|
| Emtec X210 Gaming 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1225 MB/s
|
1225 MB/s
|
1212 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| fanxiang PS2000W 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 2076 MB/s
|
1726 MB/s
|
1225 | 73 $ | 0.15 $ | |
|
| fanxiang PS2000W 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2075 MB/s
|
1724 MB/s
|
1195 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| fanxiang PS2000W 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2083 MB/s
|
1872 MB/s
|
1280 | 200 $ | 0.10 $ | |
|
| fanxiang PS3000 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 3668 MB/s
|
3582 MB/s
|
2619 | 145 $ | 0.14 $ | |
|
| Fikwot FP110 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 3689 MB/s
|
1695 MB/s
|
2134 | 70 $ | 0.14 $ | |
|
| Fikwot FP110 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 3682 MB/s
|
3569 MB/s
|
2464 | 130 $ | 0.13 $ | |
|
| Fikwot FP110 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 3674 MB/s
|
3593 MB/s
|
2310 | 170 $ | 0.08 $ | |
|
| Fikwot FP80 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2074 MB/s
|
1867 MB/s
|
1262 | 106 $ | 0.10 $ | |
|
| Fikwot FP80 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2074 MB/s
|
1866 MB/s
|
1299 | 200 $ | 0.10 $ | |
|
| Integral SlimXpress Pro 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2046 MB/s
|
1877 MB/s
|
1250 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Intenso Portable SSD TX100 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 567 MB/s
|
511 MB/s
|
483 | 261 $ | 0.25 $ | |
|
| Intenso TX500 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 1088 MB/s
|
1017 MB/s
|
1093 | 153 $ | 0.31 $ | |
|
| Intenso TX500 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1088 MB/s
|
1026 MB/s
|
1210 | 229 $ | 0.22 $ | |
|
| Intenso TX500 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1088 MB/s
|
1091 MB/s
|
1348 | 502 $ | 0.25 $ | |
|
| Kingston XS1000 Portable SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1087 MB/s
|
1001 MB/s
|
1018 | 167 $ | 0.16 $ | |
|
| Kingston XS1000 Portable SSD 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1090 MB/s
|
1032 MB/s
|
1016 | 301 $ | 0.15 $ | |
|
| Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 2075 MB/s
|
1850 MB/s
|
1144 | 95 $ | 0.19 $ | |
|
| Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2081 MB/s
|
1884 MB/s
|
1231 | 285 $ | 0.28 $ | |
|
| Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2081 MB/s
|
1878 MB/s
|
1317 | 250 $ | 0.12 $ | |
|
| KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS Portable 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1068 MB/s
|
1059 MB/s
|
1346 | 418 $ | 0.20 $ | |
|
| LaCie Portable SSD 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 1052 MB/s
|
838 MB/s
|
826 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| LaCie Portable SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1052 MB/s
|
1028 MB/s
|
915 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| LaCie Portable SSD 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1052 MB/s
|
1039 MB/s
|
1047 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Lenovo PS8 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1060 MB/s
|
1057 MB/s
|
1183 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Lexar Armor 700 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2076 MB/s
|
1899 MB/s
|
1301 | 255 $ | 0.12 $ | |
|
| Lexar ES5 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2135 MB/s
|
1911 MB/s
|
1077 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Lexar SL500 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2078 MB/s
|
1874 MB/s
|
1294 | 240 $ | 0.23 $ | |
|
| Lexar SL500 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2080 MB/s
|
1731 MB/s
|
1160 | 315 $ | 0.15 $ | |
|
| Lexar SL660 BLAZE Gaming Portable SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2076 MB/s
|
1868 MB/s
|
1229 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| MOVE SPEED RX20 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2077 MB/s
|
1853 MB/s
|
1339 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| MSI DATAMAG 40 Gbps 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 4062 MB/s
|
3708 MB/s
|
3022 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Netac Z SLIM 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 541 MB/s
|
510 MB/s
|
449 | 71 $ | 0.14 $ | |
|
| Netac Z SLIM 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 561 MB/s
|
512 MB/s
|
588 | 113 $ | 0.11 $ | |
|
| Netac ZX10 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 1088 MB/s
|
991 MB/s
|
1125 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Netac ZX10 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1086 MB/s
|
1082 MB/s
|
1312 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Netac ZX10 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1088 MB/s
|
1047 MB/s
|
1318 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Netac ZX20 512GB | 
|
512 GB | 2073 MB/s
|
1787 MB/s
|
1263 | 93 $ | 0.18 $ | |
|
| Netac ZX20 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2075 MB/s
|
1889 MB/s
|
1317 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Netac ZX20 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2078 MB/s
|
1769 MB/s
|
1308 | 187 $ | 0.09 $ | |
|
| Netac ZX20 II 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2078 MB/s
|
1875 MB/s
|
1265 | 125 $ | 0.12 $ | |
|
| Netac ZX20 II 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2069 MB/s
|
1877 MB/s
|
1219 | 185 $ | 0.09 $ | |
|
| Netac ZX20L 512GB | 
|
512 GB | 2053 MB/s
|
1719 MB/s
|
1402 | 51 $ | 0.10 $ | |
|
| Netac ZX20L 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2055 MB/s
|
2075 MB/s
|
1658 | 89 $ | 0.09 $ | |
|
| ORICO MTQ-10G 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1230 MB/s
|
1240 MB/s
|
1211 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| OSCOO MD006 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2080 MB/s
|
1882 MB/s
|
1315 | 160 $ | 0.16 $ | |
|
| OSCOO MD006 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2078 MB/s
|
1858 MB/s
|
1314 | 260 $ | 0.13 $ | |
|
| PNY EliteX-PRO 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 1556 MB/s
|
1513 MB/s
|
1254 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| PNY EliteX-PRO 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1543 MB/s
|
1505 MB/s
|
1249 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| PNY RP60 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2078 MB/s
|
1857 MB/s
|
1294 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Sabrent Rocket Nano V2 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1541 MB/s
|
1522 MB/s
|
1279 | 440 $ | 0.21 $ | |
|
| Samsung Portable SSD T7 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 1091 MB/s
|
918 MB/s
|
861 | 149 $ | 0.30 $ | |
|
| Samsung Portable SSD T7 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1003 MB/s
|
1017 MB/s
|
889 | 190 $ | 0.19 $ | |
|
| Samsung Portable SSD T7 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1091 MB/s
|
1031 MB/s
|
908 | 326 $ | 0.16 $ | |
|
| Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1085 MB/s
|
1049 MB/s
|
943 | 225 $ | 0.22 $ | |
|
| Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1089 MB/s
|
1053 MB/s
|
964 | 400 $ | 0.20 $ | |
|
| Samsung Portable SSD T9 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2021 MB/s
|
1879 MB/s
|
1082 | 240 $ | 0.23 $ | |
|
| Samsung Portable SSD T9 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1933 MB/s
|
1899 MB/s
|
1089 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD V2 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 1092 MB/s
|
1070 MB/s
|
1072 | 180 $ | 0.36 $ | |
|
| SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD V2 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1092 MB/s
|
1081 MB/s
|
1116 | 188 $ | 0.18 $ | |
|
| SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD V2 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1092 MB/s
|
1080 MB/s
|
1102 | 386 $ | 0.19 $ | |
|
| SanDisk Extreme PRO mit USB4 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 3717 MB/s
|
3704 MB/s
|
2478 | 420 $ | 0.21 $ | |
|
| SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD V2 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2060 MB/s
|
2094 MB/s
|
1817 | 225 $ | 0.22 $ | |
|
| SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD V2 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2076 MB/s
|
2083 MB/s
|
1787 | 330 $ | 0.16 $ | |
|
| SanDisk Portable SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 930 MB/s
|
654 MB/s
|
962 | 200 $ | 0.20 $ | |
|
| SanDisk Portable SSD 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 890 MB/s
|
803 MB/s
|
1273 | 280 $ | 0.14 $ | |
|
| Seagate One Touch SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1052 MB/s
|
1028 MB/s
|
1026 | 175 $ | 0.17 $ | |
|
| Silicon Power PC60 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 566 MB/s
|
432 MB/s
|
309 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| SK hynix Beetle X31 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1087 MB/s
|
1087 MB/s
|
1412 | 160 $ | 0.16 $ | |
|
| SSK SD500 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1230 MB/s
|
1237 MB/s
|
1035 | 137 $ | 0.13 $ | |
|
| SSK SD500 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2073 MB/s
|
1887 MB/s
|
1325 | 220 $ | 0.11 $ | |
|
| SSK SD501 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2057 MB/s
|
1837 MB/s
|
1295 | 149 $ | 0.15 $ | |
|
| SSK SD600 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 2031 MB/s
|
1329 MB/s
|
1119 | 80 $ | 0.16 $ | |
|
| SSK SD600 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2021 MB/s
|
1866 MB/s
|
1254 | 150 $ | 0.15 $ | |
|
| SSK SD600 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2059 MB/s
|
1885 MB/s
|
1338 | 230 $ | 0.11 $ | |
|
| TeamGroup PD20 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2075 MB/s
|
1866 MB/s
|
1252 | 236 $ | 0.12 $ | |
|
| TeamGroup T-Force M200 Portable SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2066 MB/s
|
1965 MB/s
|
1660 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| TeamGroup T-Force M200 Portable SSD 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1919 MB/s
|
2117 MB/s
|
1838 | 293 $ | 0.14 $ | |
|
| Transcend ESD370C Portable SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1091 MB/s
|
1092 MB/s
|
1210 | 165 $ | 0.16 $ | |
|
| Transcend ESD380C Portable SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2073 MB/s
|
1720 MB/s
|
1198 | 268 $ | 0.26 $ | |
|
| Transcend ESD380C Portable SSD 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2077 MB/s
|
1861 MB/s
|
1282 | 398 $ | 0.19 $ | |
|
| Transcend ESD410C 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2076 MB/s
|
1873 MB/s
|
1268 | 516 $ | 0.25 $ | |
|
| Verbatim Metal Mini 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2056 MB/s
|
1869 MB/s
|
1268 | 506 $ | 0.49 $ | |
|
| Verbatim Pocket SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1088 MB/s
|
1033 MB/s
|
1097 | 404 $ | 0.39 $ | |
|
| Verbatim Store 'n' Go Portable SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 468 MB/s
|
223 MB/s
|
287 | 381 $ | 0.37 $ | |
|
| Verbatim Vx500 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 566 MB/s
|
514 MB/s
|
634 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Verbatim Vx500 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 567 MB/s
|
521 MB/s
|
684 | 204 $ | 0.10 $ | |
|
| Western Digital WD My Passport SSD 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 1092 MB/s
|
1046 MB/s
|
1149 | 175 $ | 0.35 $ | |
|
| Western Digital WD My Passport SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 1090 MB/s
|
1078 MB/s
|
1119 | 220 $ | 0.21 $ | |
|
| Western Digital WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive SSD 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 935 MB/s
|
842 MB/s
|
860 | 70 $ | 0.14 $ | |
|
| Western Digital WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 935 MB/s
|
841 MB/s
|
874 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Western Digital WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSD 1TB | 
|
1024 GB | 2072 MB/s
|
2051 MB/s
|
1343 | 220 $ | 0.21 $ | |
|
| Western Digital WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSD 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2070 MB/s
|
2062 MB/s
|
1387 | 400 $ | 0.20 $ | |
|
| Western Digital WD_BLACK P50 Game Drive SSD 500GB | 
|
500 GB | 1954 MB/s
|
1991 MB/s
|
1631 | n/a | n/a | |
|
| Western Digital WD_BLACK P50 Game Drive SSD 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 2009 MB/s
|
2057 MB/s
|
1793 | 495 $ | 0.24 $ | |
|
| ZIKE Z791C 2TB | 
|
2048 GB | 1089 MB/s
|
1035 MB/s
|
1012 | 300 $ | 0.15 $ | |
We are currently expanding tests of the fastest external SSD drives; more SSD/HDD tests will be added here soon.