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 751 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 7034 MB/s | 5223 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 8590 |
| Samsung 980 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 3572 MB/s | 2767 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 5264 |
| Hikvision G4000 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 7455 MB/s | 6615 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 7454 |
| Verbatim Vi3000 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 3654 MB/s | 3206 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 4360 |
| Lexar Professional NM800 Pro 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 7465 MB/s | 6563 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 8824 |
| Fikwot FN501 Pro 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 3655 MB/s | 3202 MB/s | 0,04 $ | 4307 |
| Intel Solidigm P41 Plus 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 4159 MB/s | 2917 MB/s | 0,04 $ | 4220 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB |  |
480 GB | 547 MB/s | 471 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 550 |
| Transcend SSD220Q 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 524 MB/s | 473 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 672 |
| Kingston A400 960GB |  |
960 GB | 468 MB/s | 476 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 715 |
| Fikwot FS810 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 527 MB/s | 396 MB/s | 0,04 $ | 725 |
| PNY CS900 250GB |  |
250 GB | 550 MB/s | 467 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 716 |
External hard drives Test
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netac ZX20 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 2078 MB/s | 1769 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 1308 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK P50 Game Drive SSD 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 2009 MB/s | 2057 MB/s | 0,18 $ | 1793 |
| Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 1089 MB/s | 1053 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 964 |
| Corsair EX100U 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 1547 MB/s | 1523 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 1287 |
| Crucial X6 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 824 MB/s | 813 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 851 |
| ORICO GV100 512GB |  |
512 GB | 1074 MB/s | 1014 MB/s | 0,20 $ | 1007 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexar JumpDrive M900 128GB |  |
128 GB | 406 MB/s | 90 MB/s | 0,20 $ | 112 |
| PNY Elite-X Fit 64GB |  |
64 GB | 241 MB/s | 45 MB/s | 0,14 $ | 0 |
| PNY Elite-X Fit 128GB |  |
128 GB | 242 MB/s | 61 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 0 |
| Verbatim Store 'n' Click 32GB |  |
32 GB | 127 MB/s | 28 MB/s | 0,22 $ | 0 |
| Silicon Power Blaze B05 32GB |  |
32 GB | 141 MB/s | 27 MB/s | 0,50 $ | 44 |
| Goodram UME3 32GB |  |
32 GB | 132 MB/s | 24 MB/s | 0,34 $ | 0 |
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:
- 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 tests:
Since 2023 we have a new test PC with which we can also 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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