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 1290 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transcend MTE110S 512GB |  |
512 GB | 3293 MB/s | 1376 MB/s | 0,14 $ | 2755 |
| PHIXERO P3000 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 3421 MB/s | 2279 MB/s | 0,11 $ | 3073 |
| Gigabyte Gen4 4000E 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 4012 MB/s | 3897 MB/s | 0,12 $ | 6897 |
| MSI SPATIUM M482 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 7377 MB/s | 6620 MB/s | 0,14 $ | 7998 |
| Crucial T710 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 14389 MB/s | 13442 MB/s | 0,21 $ | 12372 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 14728 MB/s | 14064 MB/s | 0,19 $ | 13183 |
| Timetec MS47 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 7385 MB/s | 6633 MB/s | 0,12 $ | 7970 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer SA100 1.88TB |  |
1920 GB | 549 MB/s | 475 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 729 |
| Western Digital WD Red SA500 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 547 MB/s | 460 MB/s | 0,16 $ | 737 |
| ORICO i560 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 550 MB/s | 472 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 699 |
| Integral V Series 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 550 MB/s | 476 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 674 |
| TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan Z 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 550 MB/s | 463 MB/s | 0,12 $ | 631 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSK SD501 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 2057 MB/s | 1837 MB/s | 0,16 $ | 1295 |
| Lexar ES5 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 2135 MB/s | 1911 MB/s | 0,16 $ | 1077 |
| ADATA Elite SE880 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 2073 MB/s | 1869 MB/s | 0,16 $ | 1319 |
| LaCie Portable SSD 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 1052 MB/s | 1039 MB/s | 0,44 $ | 1047 |
| TeamGroup T-Force M200 Portable SSD 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 1919 MB/s | 2117 MB/s | 0,19 $ | 1838 |
| Integral SlimXpress Pro 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 2046 MB/s | 1877 MB/s | 0,18 $ | 1250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verbatim Plectra 128GB |  |
128 GB | 178 MB/s | 89 MB/s | 0,25 $ | 45 |
| Transcend JetFlash 920 512GB |  |
512 GB | 364 MB/s | 370 MB/s | 0,15 $ | 186 |
| SanDisk Extreme PRO Dual Drive 512GB |  |
512 GB | 1057 MB/s | 1019 MB/s | 0,26 $ | 714 |
| SSK SD321 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 2080 MB/s | 1878 MB/s | 0,18 $ | 1306 |
| AreTop Premium 128GB |  |
128 GB | 109 MB/s | 35 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 0 |
| Kingston DataTraveler Exodia S 128GB |  |
128 GB | 111 MB/s | 43 MB/s | 0,15 $ | 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 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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