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 1257 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
Timetec MS47 2TB	2048 GB	7385 MB/s	6633 MB/s	0,06 £	7970
Patriot P400 Lite 2TB	2048 GB	3673 MB/s	3567 MB/s	0,04 £	4405
SSK 7400 2TB	2048 GB	7418 MB/s	6483 MB/s	0,05 £	6764
ADATA LEGEND 860 2TB	2048 GB	7452 MB/s	6634 MB/s	0,05 £	7629
Acer FA100 1TB	1024 GB	3634 MB/s	3137 MB/s	0,06 £	4136
ADATA LEGEND 900 2TB	2048 GB	7416 MB/s	6579 MB/s	0,05 £	6812
Western Digital WD Green SN3000 2TB	2048 GB	5125 MB/s	4415 MB/s	0,05 £	5147

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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
Western Digital WD Red SA500 2TB	2048 GB	547 MB/s	460 MB/s	0,07 £	737
ORICO i560 2TB	2048 GB	550 MB/s	472 MB/s	0,04 £	699
Integral V Series 2TB	2048 GB	550 MB/s	476 MB/s	0,04 £	674
MSI SPATIUM S270 960GB	960 GB	471 MB/s	477 MB/s	0,06 £	758
TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan Z 2TB	2048 GB	550 MB/s	463 MB/s	0,05 £	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
ADATA Elite SE880 1TB	1024 GB	2073 MB/s	1869 MB/s	0,07 £	1319
LaCie Portable SSD 2TB	2048 GB	1052 MB/s	1039 MB/s	0,19 £	1047
TeamGroup T-Force M200 Portable SSD 2TB	2048 GB	1919 MB/s	2117 MB/s	0,07 £	1838
Integral SlimXpress Pro 1TB	1024 GB	2046 MB/s	1877 MB/s	0,07 £	1250
Verbatim Vx500 2TB	2048 GB	567 MB/s	521 MB/s	0,06 £	684
Silicon Power PC60 2TB	2048 GB	566 MB/s	432 MB/s	0,06 £	309

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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 SD301 512GB	512 GB	556 MB/s	515 MB/s	0,08 £	469
Hama C-Rotate Pro 256GB	256 GB	40 MB/s	21 MB/s	0,09 £	0
Transcend ESD330C 512GB	512 GB	1081 MB/s	1026 MB/s	0,10 £	952
Patriot Xporter X550 512GB	512 GB	165 MB/s	98 MB/s	0,05 £	49
MOVE SPEED LJ Flash Drive 512GB	512 GB	116 MB/s	66 MB/s	0,07 £	38
Transcend ESD310C 512GB	512 GB	1089 MB/s	967 MB/s	0,09 £	847

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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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