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 904 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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Crucial T705 2TB | 2048 GB | 14481 MB/s | 12747 MB/s | 0,20 $ | 13013 | |
Western Digital WD Blue SN580 2TB | 2048 GB | 4239 MB/s | 4136 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 4425 | |
Crucial P3 500GB | 500 GB | 3670 MB/s | 3340 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 6189 | |
Crucial T500 1TB | 1024 GB | 7336 MB/s | 6821 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 8755 | |
TeamGroup MP33 Pro 2TB | 2048 GB | 2928 MB/s | 2097 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 3009 | |
TeamGroup MP33 Pro 512GB | 512 GB | 3529 MB/s | 3132 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 4000 | |
TeamGroup MP33 2TB | 2048 GB | 2958 MB/s | 2105 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 3047 |
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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SanDisk SSD Plus 2TB | 2048 GB | 506 MB/s | 446 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 421 | |
Crucial MX500 1TB | 1024 GB | 534 MB/s | 469 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 793 | |
TeamGroup CX2 Classic 1TB | 1024 GB | 550 MB/s | 463 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 669 | |
TeamGroup CX2 Classic 512GB | 512 GB | 546 MB/s | 473 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 673 | |
SanDisk SSD Plus 1TB | 1024 GB | 531 MB/s | 316 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 266 |
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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PNY EliteX-PRO 1TB | 1024 GB | 1543 MB/s | 1505 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 1249 | |
PNY EliteX-PRO 500GB | 500 GB | 1556 MB/s | 1513 MB/s | 0,12 $ | 1254 | |
Seagate One Touch SSD 1TB | 1024 GB | 1052 MB/s | 1028 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 1026 | |
Crucial X10 Pro 2TB | 2048 GB | 2072 MB/s | 1810 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 1307 | |
ADATA SD810 1TB | 1024 GB | 2075 MB/s | 1854 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 1345 | |
ADATA SE900G 2TB | 2048 GB | 2069 MB/s | 2074 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 1801 |
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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Intenso cMobile Line 32GB | 32 GB | 103 MB/s | 28 MB/s | 0,97 $ | 31 | |
TeamGroup C162 32GB | 32 GB | 94 MB/s | 8 MB/s | 0,56 $ | 0 | |
TeamGroup C162 256GB | 256 GB | 40 MB/s | 35 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 0 | |
Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C 128GB | 128 GB | 245 MB/s | 104 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 0 | |
Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C 64GB | 64 GB | 238 MB/s | 55 MB/s | 0,22 $ | 0 | |
ADATA UC300 256GB | 256 GB | 114 MB/s | 25 MB/s | 0,11 $ | 40 |
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.
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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