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 1276 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	Capacity	Read	Write	Price/GB	Score
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	0,11 $	7998
Crucial T710 2TB	2048 GB	14389 MB/s	13442 MB/s	0,22 $	12372
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB	2048 GB	14728 MB/s	14064 MB/s	0,21 $	13183
Timetec MS47 2TB	2048 GB	7385 MB/s	6633 MB/s	0,12 $	7970
Patriot P400 Lite 2TB	2048 GB	3673 MB/s	3567 MB/s	0,10 $	4405
SSK 7400 2TB	2048 GB	7418 MB/s	6483 MB/s	0,12 $	6764

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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	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	0,17 $	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	0,09 $	674
TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan Z 2TB	2048 GB	550 MB/s	463 MB/s	0,14 $	631

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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	Capacity	Read	Write	Price/GB	Score
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	0,39 $	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	0,17 $	1250
Verbatim Vx500 2TB	2048 GB	567 MB/s	521 MB/s	0,12 $	684

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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	Capacity	Read	Write	Price/GB	Score
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	0,14 $	24
fanxiang FF952 512GB	512 GB	1089 MB/s	1030 MB/s	0,18 $	890
ORICO OG201 512GB	512 GB	1090 MB/s	1021 MB/s	0,18 $	1009
SSK SD301 512GB	512 GB	556 MB/s	515 MB/s	0,20 $	469

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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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