SSD Speed Test (Solid-State Drive Tester)
On this website you will find performance, speed and benchmark reviews of M.2 NVMe SSDs, SATA SSDs and USB flash drives to help you make your purchase decision. Gen. 5 SSDs are now also tested here.
We have reviewed 956 products.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Power XPOWER XD80 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 3453 MB/s | 2996 MB/s | 0,11 $ | 6061 |
| Corsair MP600 ELITE 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 7383 MB/s | 6229 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 7332 |
| Lexar NM620 512GB |  |
512 GB | 3649 MB/s | 2696 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 2928 |
| Intenso MI500 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 5290 MB/s | 4877 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 6855 |
| Intenso MI500 2TB | |
2048 GB | 4918 MB/s | 4704 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 6416 |
| MSI Spatium M570 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 10062 MB/s | 10165 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 12251 |
| KIOXIA EXCERIA PLUS G3 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 5073 MB/s | 3954 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 6251 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIGABYTE SSD 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 490 MB/s | 477 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 752 |
| fanxiang S102 Pro 500GB |  |
500 GB | 529 MB/s | 441 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 727 |
| fanxiang S102 Pro 1TB | |
1024 GB | 546 MB/s | 467 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 687 |
| fanxiang S102 Pro 2TB | |
2048 GB | 530 MB/s | 437 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 738 |
| Western Digital WD Green 240GB |  |
240 GB | 548 MB/s | 443 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 498 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Power PX10 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 1089 MB/s | 1056 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 1145 |
| Lexar SL500 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 2078 MB/s | 1874 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 1294 |
| Intenso Portable SSD TX100 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 567 MB/s | 511 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 483 |
| fanxiang PS2000W 500GB |  |
500 GB | 2076 MB/s | 1726 MB/s | 0,14 $ | 1225 |
| fanxiang PS2000W 2TB | |
2048 GB | 2083 MB/s | 1872 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 1280 |
| fanxiang PS2000W 1TB | |
1024 GB | 2075 MB/s | 1724 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 1195 |
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you can find performance tests of USB 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 memory sticks (USB 2.0 sticks are no longer tested as they are out of date).
| Product | Image | Capacity | Read | Write | Price/GB | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNY Duo Link 128GB |  |
128 GB | 118 MB/s | 47 MB/s | 0,20 $ | 0 |
| SanDisk Ultra Slider 128GB |  |
128 GB | 422 MB/s | 146 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 101 |
| Silicon Power MS60 250GB |  |
250 GB | 623 MB/s | 577 MB/s | 0,22 $ | 964 |
| Silicon Power DS72 250GB |  |
250 GB | 1052 MB/s | 927 MB/s | 0,26 $ | 1051 |
| SanDisk Ultra Slider 256GB | |
256 GB | 419 MB/s | 187 MB/s | 0,11 $ | 106 |
| Netac UM3 128GB |  |
128 GB | 117 MB/s | 60 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 24 |
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 the full performance of the storage media to be exploited:
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X, 12x 3.80GHz
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB, DDR4-3200, CL16-18-18-36
- Mainboard: ASUS Mainboard Prime X570-Pro
- SSD: Corsair Force Series Gen.4 PCIe MP600 2TB
- GPU: MSI Radeon RX 5500 XT MECH 8G OC
- OS: Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit (Version 2004)
- Other: be quiet! Housing, CPU Cooler and Power supply
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.
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900, 12x 3,70-5,40GHz
- RAM: Kingston FURY 64GB DDR5-6000MHz, CL36-38-38
- Mainboard: GIGABYTE X670 AORUS Elite AX
- SSD: Intel Optane SSD 900P
- GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
- OS: Windows 11 Pro 64 Bit (Version 22H2)
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