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 1305 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial P510 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 10974 MB/s | 9573 MB/s | 0,09 £ | 10371 |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 10259 MB/s | 8390 MB/s | 0,10 £ | 9734 |
| TeamGroup NV5000 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 5197 MB/s | 5142 MB/s | 0,08 £ | 5884 |
| Acer Predator GM9 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 14897 MB/s | 10261 MB/s | 0,09 £ | 8561 |
| Transcend MTE110S 512GB |  |
512 GB | 3293 MB/s | 1376 MB/s | 0,08 £ | 2755 |
| Lexar NQ790 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 7462 MB/s | 5558 MB/s | 0,07 £ | 6552 |
| PHIXERO P3000 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 3421 MB/s | 2279 MB/s | 0,07 £ | 3073 |
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 RE100 512GB |  |
512 GB | 536 MB/s | 430 MB/s | 0,11 £ | 708 |
| Acer SA100 1.87TB |  |
1920 GB | 549 MB/s | 475 MB/s | 0,05 £ | 729 |
| Western Digital WD Red SA500 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 547 MB/s | 460 MB/s | 0,10 £ | 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 | 0,05 £ | 674 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netac ZX20 II 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 2078 MB/s | 1875 MB/s | 0,09 £ | 1265 |
| Gigabyte Vision Drive 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 2019 MB/s | 2089 MB/s | 0,14 £ | 1810 |
| Fikwot FP80 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 2074 MB/s | 1866 MB/s | 0,07 £ | 1299 |
| Fikwot FP110 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 3674 MB/s | 3593 MB/s | 0,09 £ | 2310 |
| TeamGroup PD20 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 2075 MB/s | 1866 MB/s | 0,07 £ | 1252 |
| Biwin Amber PR2000 2TB |  |
2048 GB | 2076 MB/s | 1886 MB/s | 0,07 £ | 1282 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOVE SPEED SP05 256GB |  |
256 GB | 542 MB/s | 522 MB/s | 0,17 £ | 621 |
| SanDisk Extreme Fit 512GB |  |
512 GB | 424 MB/s | 183 MB/s | 0,10 £ | 103 |
| SanDisk Extreme PRO 256GB |  |
256 GB | 433 MB/s | 398 MB/s | 0,17 £ | 317 |
| Acer UT300 64GB |  |
64 GB | 155 MB/s | 64 MB/s | 0,16 £ | 0 |
| Fikwot FU389 512GB |  |
512 GB | 2083 MB/s | 1885 MB/s | 0,10 £ | 1291 |
| TeamGroup X2 Max 1TB |  |
1024 GB | 1081 MB/s | 1027 MB/s | 0,08 £ | 664 |
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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