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 1114 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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Kingston NV3 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 6295 MB/s | 5721 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 7299 |
ORICO O7000 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 7359 MB/s | 6413 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 6802 |
Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 14000 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 14505 MB/s | 12798 MB/s | 0,14 $ | 12224 |
KingSpec XG7000 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 7438 MB/s | 6761 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 7981 |
PNY XLR8 CS3150 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 11703 MB/s | 10119 MB/s | 0,12 $ | 11930 |
Gigabyte Aorus Gen5 14000 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 13626 MB/s | 10637 MB/s | 0,20 $ | 11938 |
Fikwot FX991 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 7359 MB/s | 6360 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 6622 |
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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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 |
KingSpec P3 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 549 MB/s | 464 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 635 |
fanxiang S101Q 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 529 MB/s | 437 MB/s | 0,05 $ | 721 |
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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Lexar SL500 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 2080 MB/s | 1731 MB/s | 0,09 $ | 1160 |
fanxiang PS3000 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 3668 MB/s | 3582 MB/s | 0,10 $ | 2619 |
Crucial X9 2TB | ![]() |
2048 GB | 1051 MB/s | 1017 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 1087 |
Emtec X210 Gaming 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 1225 MB/s | 1225 MB/s | 0,11 $ | 1212 |
Netac ZX20L 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 2055 MB/s | 2075 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 1658 |
MOVE SPEED RX20 1TB | ![]() |
1024 GB | 2077 MB/s | 1853 MB/s | 0,12 $ | 1339 |
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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Patriot TAB300 128GB | ![]() |
128 GB | 222 MB/s | 127 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 50 |
SanDisk Extreme PRO 512GB | ![]() |
512 GB | 449 MB/s | 281 MB/s | 0,16 $ | 233 |
Emtec B110 Click Easy 512GB | ![]() |
512 GB | 164 MB/s | 58 MB/s | 0,06 $ | 45 |
Patriot Xporter Core 64GB | ![]() |
64 GB | 225 MB/s | 88 MB/s | 0,22 $ | 42 |
Patriot Xporter 3 256GB | ![]() |
256 GB | 181 MB/s | 70 MB/s | 0,08 $ | 45 |
ADATA UR350 256GB | ![]() |
256 GB | 151 MB/s | 39 MB/s | 0,13 $ | 0 |
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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