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 1159 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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Gigabyte Gen3 2500E 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 2254 MB/s | 1852 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 2275 |
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 14775 MB/s | 13500 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 12540 |
Patriot P320 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 3553 MB/s | 2580 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 4024 |
TeamGroup T-Force Z540 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 12362 MB/s | 12072 MB/s | 0,12 $ | 12062 |
TeamGroup T-Force GE PRO 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 13977 MB/s | 11792 MB/s | 0,17 $ | 12311 |
TeamGroup T-Force G70 PRO 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 7464 MB/s | 6868 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 9024 |
Lexar EQ790 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 7238 MB/s | 6125 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 7540 |
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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GiGimundo G500 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 534 MB/s | 451 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 414 |
Netac N530S 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 544 MB/s | 453 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 643 |
ORICO Y-20 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 526 MB/s | 436 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 634 |
PHIXERO P500 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 521 MB/s | 463 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 582 |
Patriot P220 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 549 MB/s | 460 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 649 |
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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Integral SlimXpress Pro 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 2046 MB/s | 1877 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 1250 |
Verbatim Vx500 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 567 MB/s | 521 MB/s | 0,07 $ | 684 |
Silicon Power PC60 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 566 MB/s | 432 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 309 |
ASUS TUF Gaming AS2000 Plus 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 2013 MB/s | 2095 MB/s | 0,11 $ | 1830 |
Sabrent Rocket Nano V2 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 1541 MB/s | 1522 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 1279 |
Verbatim Metal Mini 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 2056 MB/s | 1869 MB/s | 0,11 $ | 1268 |
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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Lexar Dual Drive D40E 256GB | ![]() |
256 GB | 184 MB/s | 82 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 56 |
ADATA SC610 500GB | ![]() |
500 GB | 568 MB/s | 503 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 683 |
Samsung USB Flash Drive Type-C 512GB | ![]() |
512 GB | 440 MB/s | 117 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 171 |
Kingston DataTraveler Max (USB-C) 512GB | ![]() |
512 GB | 1088 MB/s | 1025 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 981 |
Seagate Ultra Compact 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 1050 MB/s | 1024 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 1156 |
Patriot TAB300 128GB | ![]() |
128 GB | 222 MB/s | 127 MB/s | 0,14 $ | 50 |
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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