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SSD Rankings - June 2017

Welcome to our consumer SSD comparison. We calculate effective speed based on real world performance then adjust by cost per GB to yield a value for money rating. Calculated values don't always tell the whole picture so we check them against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors and more to bring you the definitive list of top SSDs. Share your opinion by voting. ^[SSDrivePro]

Value for money is based on real world performance, price and capacity.

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How is the AS SSD total score calculated?

By taking a combination of speed readings with a strong emphasis on deep queue depth (server) IO... more

How is the AS SSD read score calculated?

Benchmarks read workloads with an emphasis on deep queue depth (server) reads... more

How is the AS SSD write score calculated?

Benchmarks write workloads with an emphasis on deep queue depth (server) writes... more

What is the effective SSD speed index?

A measure of how well an SSD performs under typical consumer workloads. Samsung 850 Pro ~= 100%... more

Can CPU power saving states (C1,C2,C3) impact SSD speed?

Yes, mostly on shallow queue random 4k operations, by up to around 40 MBps.. more

What is 4K 64 thread write speed?

A server orientated measure of a drives ability to write 64 files in parallel... more

What is the SSD value for money rating?

A measure of real world consumer performance and capacity per unit cost... more

What is 4K random write speed?

A measure of how quickly multiple small files can be written to a device... more

What is queue depth?

The number of simultaneous requests on a drive's request queue... more

What is incompressible data?

Data that cannot be compressed e.g. most music, video and image file formats... more

What is sequential read speed?

A measure of how quickly large files can be read from a device... more

What is sequential write speed?

A measure of how quickly large files can be written to a device... more

What’s the difference between NAND and V-NAND?

NAND and V-NAND are both types of flash memory which is a class of non-volatile memory that retains data even in the absence of an electrical current... more

What’s the difference between SATA, PCIe and NVMe?

NVMe, AHCI and IDE are transfer protocols (languages). They run on top of transfer interfaces such as PCIe or SATA (spoken, written)... more

What is 3D XPoint and how fast is it?

3D XPoint is the name given by Intel and Micron to the upcoming new class of non-volatile memory for SSDs and the like... more

What’s the difference between SLC, MLC and TLC?

In terms or write performance, durability and price SLC > MLC > TLC... more

User Rating ?	Value?	Effective Speed?	Market Share?	Read?	Write?	Age	Price?	»

User Rating ?	Value?	Effective Speed?	Market Share?	Read?	Write?	Age	Price?
Max Avg Min	112 54.5 11.4	102 73.9 38.8	9.44 0.33 0	728 501 204	513 353 117	88 40.7 9	580 174 47.5
▲ 919,377 ▼ Compare Samsung 850 Evo 500GB €150 85,044 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 118% 465GB free Worst Bench: 71% 282GB free	112 %1^st	97.9 %4^th	6.04 %2^nd	518 MB/s60^th	414 MB/s63^rd	30 Months52^nd	€15085^th
▲ 54423 ▼ Compare Mushkin Reactor 1TB €256 The Mushkin Reactor features the same Silicon Motion SM2246EN controller found on both the Crucial BX100 and the Transcend SSD370. All three drives also feature Micr...	109 %2^nd	84.3 %36^th	0.12 %68^th	521 MB/s33^rd	430 MB/s51^st	28 Months41^st	€256133^rd
▲ 5190 ▼ Compare PNY CS2211 960GB €275 53 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 101% 435GB free Worst Bench: 66% 894GB free	102 %3^rd	85.6 %29^th	0.01 %136^th	531 MB/s2^nd	505 MB/s10^th	17 Months17^th	€275141^st
▲ 661,546 ▼ Compare Samsung 850 Evo 1TB €337 14,449 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 118% 163GB free Worst Bench: 73% 778GB free	101 %4^th	95.9 %5^th	1.14 %9^th	521 MB/s33^rd	416 MB/s60^th	30 Months52^nd	€337147^th
▲ 56383 ▼ Compare Crucial MX300 1TB €249 1,007 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 87% 838GB free Worst Bench: 54% 923GB free	99.5 %5^th	72.8 %87^th	0.24 %47^th	486 MB/s140^th	343 MB/s90^th	12 Months5^th	€249130^th
▲ 63883 ▼ Compare Crucial BX100 500GB €161 2,062 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 107% 110GB free Worst Bench: 65% 255GB free	96.7 %6^th	89.1 %16^th	0.11 %72^nd	525 MB/s20^th	435 MB/s45^th	29 Months46^th	€16196^th
▲ 11339,384 ▼ Compare Samsung 850 Evo 250GB €96 The 250GB Samsung 850 Evo has a similar architecture to its hugely successful predecessor, the 840 Evo. Both drives are TLC based but the 850 uses 3D V-NAND as oppos...	90.5 %7^th	95 %7^th	9.44 %1^st	517 MB/s69^th	416 MB/s60^th	30 Months52^nd	€9635^th
▲ 681,478 ▼ Compare Samsung 850 Pro 1TB €447 3,053 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 123% 643GB free Worst Bench: 72% 35GB free	88.5 %8^th	102 %1^st	0.2 %55^th	529 MB/s6^th	503 MB/s11^th	35 Months73^rd	€447159^th
▲ 601,087 ▼ Compare Crucial MX300 525GB €142 7,477 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 86% 413GB free Worst Bench: 53% 450GB free	88.4 %9^th	71.3 %92^nd	0.93 %10^th	485 MB/s142^nd	342 MB/s92^nd	12 Months5^th	€14280^th
▲ 53133 ▼ Compare PNY CS1311 960GB €255 388 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 84% 273GB free Worst Bench: 53% 174GB free	88.3 %10^th	70.3 %96^th	0.03 %109^th	519 MB/s49^th	355 MB/s78^th	14 Months9^th	€255132^nd
▲ 57530 ▼ Compare Crucial MX100 512GB €190 6,240 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 105% 70GB free Worst Bench: 64% 439GB free	86.3 %11^th	88.3 %21^st	0.32 %34^th	515 MB/s75^th	481 MB/s31^st	36 Months77^th	€190112^th
▲ 54272 ▼ Compare Mushkin Reactor 512GB €197 217 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 107% 236GB free Worst Bench: 68% 413GB free	85 %12^th	89.4 %14^th	0.03 %109^th	523 MB/s29^th	454 MB/s37^th	28 Months41^st	€197116^th
▲ 54178 ▼ Compare Zotac Premium Edition 480GB €181 97 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 101% 385GB free Worst Bench: 65% 74GB free	84.6 %13^th	87.5 %22^nd	0.01 %136^th	530 MB/s4^th	511 MB/s3^rd	19 Months20^th	€181109^th
▲ 54157 ▼ Compare HyperX Savage 960GB €342 159 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 99% 471GB free Worst Bench: 62% 824GB free	83.7 %14^th	83 %43^rd	0.01 %136^th	527 MB/s14^th	502 MB/s13^th	26 Months33^rd	€342149^th
▲ 60537 ▼ Compare OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB €90 The OCZ Vertex 460A is basically a tweaked re-release of last years Vertex 460. The two drives share the same controller and the same basic NAND, although the 460A a...	83.6 %15^th	86.1 %28^th	0.01 %136^th	516 MB/s72^nd	499 MB/s20^th	31 Months57^th	€9026^th
▲ 55556 ▼ Compare SanDisk Ultra II 960GB €265 4,282 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 84% 703GB free Worst Bench: 49% 218GB free	82.3 %16^th	67.4 %113^th	0.31 %35^th	501 MB/s123^rd	341 MB/s94^th	33 Months59^th	€265137^th
▲ 59347 ▼ Compare Crucial MX300 750GB €236 2,830 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 88% 79GB free Worst Bench: 54% 322GB free	81.5 %17^th	73.7 %84^th	0.25 %46^th	486 MB/s140^th	342 MB/s92^nd	12 Months5^th	€236128^th
▲ 58623 ▼ Compare HyperX Savage 480GB €174 38 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 95% 447GB free Worst Bench: 59% 165GB free	81.5 %18^th	81.9 %54^th	0 %157^th	531 MB/s2^nd	513 MB/s1^st	26 Months33^rd	€174103^rd
▲ 57918 ▼ Compare Crucial MX200 500GB €161 2,508 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 92% 140GB free Worst Bench: 54% 89GB free	81.2 %19^th	74.9 %82^nd	0.14 %62^nd	519 MB/s49^th	399 MB/s68^th	29 Months46^th	€16195^th
▲ 55587 ▼ Compare PNY CS1311 240GB €70 4,523 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 82% 189GB free Worst Bench: 52% 29GB free	80.7 %20^th	68.9 %104^th	0.5 %23^rd	519 MB/s49^th	357 MB/s75^th	14 Months9^th	€7011^th
▲ 57171 ▼ Compare Crucial MX200 1TB €328 523 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 90% 368GB free Worst Bench: 56% 407GB free	80.6 %21^st	75.1 %81^st	0.04 %96^th	507 MB/s112^th	400 MB/s67^th	29 Months46^th	€328145^th
▲ 54134 ▼ Compare PNY CS2211 480GB €189 359 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 101% 117GB free Worst Bench: 66% 146GB free	79.1 %22^nd	84.5 %35^th	0.04 %96^th	529 MB/s6^th	510 MB/s4^th	17 Months17^th	€189110^th
▲ 55711 ▼ Compare Adata Premier SP550 240GB €66 5,893 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 79% 37GB free Worst Bench: 47% 23GB free	79.1 %23^rd	64.6 %124^th	0.42 %26^th	494 MB/s136^th	261 MB/s125^th	21 Months25^th	€668^th
▲ 55139 ▼ Compare OCZ Trion 150 960GB €299 412 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 82% 587GB free Worst Bench: 54% 587GB free	78.8 %24^th	70.6 %94^th	0.05 %91^st	518 MB/s60^th	356 MB/s76^th	14 Months9^th	€299143^rd
▲ 5339 ▼ Compare Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB €372 19 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 93% 451GB free Worst Bench: 67% 667GB free	78.8 %25^th	79.3 %67^th	0.01 %136^th	514 MB/s83^rd	345 MB/s89^th	9 Months1^st	€372151^st
▲ 633,423 ▼ Compare Crucial BX100 250GB €101 The 250GB Crucial BX100 SSD is the value orientated variant of Crucial's M range of SSDs. The BX100 uses the same NAND as its premium MX200 sibling but the BX100 use...	78.6 %26^th	85.5 %30^th	0.39 %30^th	524 MB/s25^th	370 MB/s74^th	29 Months46^th	€10143^rd
▲ 56352 ▼ Compare Plextor M6V 256GB €104 95 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 105% 125GB free Worst Bench: 68% 15GB free	78.5 %27^th	86.3 %25^th	0 %157^th	524 MB/s25^th	348 MB/s85^th	23 Months31^st	€10448^th
▲ 716,099 ▼ Compare Samsung 850 Pro 512GB €255 11,905 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 122% 477GB free Worst Bench: 70% 58GB free	78 %28^th	99.4 %2^nd	0.83 %11^th	529 MB/s6^th	502 MB/s13^th	35 Months73^rd	€255131^st
▲ 674,434 ▼ Compare Crucial MX200 250GB €98 The 250GB Crucial MX200 is successor to the hugely successful MX100. Both drives use the same NAND and controller but the new MX200 features Dynamic Write Accelerati...	77.6 %29^th	83 %44^th	0.31 %35^th	528 MB/s10^th	399 MB/s68^th	29 Months46^th	€9837^th
▲ 53123 ▼ Compare Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB €175 497 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 92% 343GB free Worst Bench: 53% 422GB free	77.3 %30^th	74.3 %83^rd	0.12 %68^th	517 MB/s69^th	346 MB/s87^th	9 Months1^st	€175105^th
▲ 5467 ▼ Compare Transcend SSD370 1TB €420 57 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 99% 403GB free Worst Bench: 70% 943GB free	76.3 %31^st	84.2 %38^th	0 %157^th	518 MB/s60^th	434 MB/s46^th	34 Months63^rd	€420157^th
▲ 654,212 ▼ Compare HyperX Savage 240GB €100 The 240GB Kingston HyperX Savage sports a Phison PS3110 controller. This marks a welcome departure from Kingston's use of Sandforce 2281 controllers and for the firs...	74.1 %32^nd	82.6 %47^th	0.44 %25^th	525 MB/s20^th	508 MB/s6^th	26 Months33^rd	€10040^th
▲ 54165 ▼ Compare OCZ AMD Radeon R7 480GB €223 242 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 112% 360GB free Worst Bench: 65% 279GB free	73.8 %33^rd	89.2 %15^th	0.01 %136^th	520 MB/s43^rd	502 MB/s13^th	34 Months63^rd	€223125^th
▲ 56234 ▼ Compare SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB €446 434 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 107% 482GB free Worst Bench: 65% 893GB free	73.1 %34^th	88.5 %20^th	0.03 %109^th	515 MB/s75^th	488 MB/s26^th	36 Months77^th	€446158^th
▲ 9740,579 ▼ Compare Samsung 850 Pro 256GB €139 The 256GB Samsung 850 Pro is the fastest consumer SSD we have seen to date. Thanks to Samsung's new 3D V-NAND the 850 Pro has lower power consumption and better perf...	72.9 %35^th	99 %3^rd	1.23 %7^th	529 MB/s6^th	502 MB/s13^th	35 Months73^rd	€13978^th
▲ 55130 ▼ Compare Crucial BX200 480GB €150 1,296 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 79% 407GB free Worst Bench: 46% 88GB free	72.7 %36^th	65.3 %121^st	0.11 %72^nd	495 MB/s132^nd	255 MB/s130^th	19 Months20^th	€15085^th
▲ 601,766 ▼ Compare SanDisk Ultra II 480GB €163 7,978 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 87% 259GB free Worst Bench: 50% 249GB free	71.8 %37^th	68.8 %105^th	0.65 %16^th	501 MB/s123^rd	348 MB/s85^th	33 Months59^th	€16398^th
▲ 5352 ▼ Compare Crucial BX200 960GB €310 190 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 78% 38GB free Worst Bench: 52% 381GB free	71.7 %38^th	66.1 %118^th	0.02 %119^th	495 MB/s132^nd	256 MB/s129^th	19 Months20^th	€310144^th
▲ 639,913 ▼ Compare Crucial MX100 256GB €110 The Crucial MX100 is the first 16nm SSD to date. Aside from NAND, the MX100 shares the same hardware as its more expensive sibling, the M550. Comparing the MX100 and...	70.2 %39^th	80.3 %62^nd	0.64 %17^th	521 MB/s33^rd	331 MB/s100^th	36 Months77^th	€11053^rd
▲ 53277 ▼ Compare Adata Premier SP550 480GB €153 1,418 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 78% 229GB free Worst Bench: 46% 312GB free	70.2 %40^th	63.9 %126^th	0.1 %75^th	494 MB/s136^th	260 MB/s127^th	21 Months25^th	€15389^th
▲ 632,168 ▼ Compare Crucial MX300 275GB €95 The 275GB Crucial MX300 supersedes the MX200. Unlike its predecessor, the MX300 is TLC based and therefore suffers from weak write speeds in comparison to MLC drives...	70 %41^st	67.8 %110^th	0.82 %12^th	485 MB/s142^nd	337 MB/s96^th	12 Months5^th	€9533^rd
▲ 53186 ▼ Compare Adata XPG SX930 240GB €105 247 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 97% 221GB free Worst Bench: 56% 166GB free	69 %42^nd	80.1 %63^rd	0.02 %119^th	506 MB/s114^th	432 MB/s50^th	22 Months29^th	€10549^th
▲ 55415 ▼ Compare OCZ Trion 150 480GB €172 2,120 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 81% 354GB free Worst Bench: 50% 41GB free	68.6 %43^rd	68.5 %107^th	0.17 %60^th	519 MB/s49^th	355 MB/s78^th	14 Months9^th	€172102^nd
▲ 57303 ▼ Compare Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB €100 1,636 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 89% 43GB free Worst Bench: 53% 213GB free	68.5 %44^th	72.7 %88^th	0.26 %44^th	516 MB/s72^nd	343 MB/s90^th	9 Months1^st	€10039^th
▲ 5365 ▼ Compare Patriot Ignite 480GB €219 106 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 101% 410GB free Worst Bench: 56% 328GB free	68.2 %45^th	81.5 %59^th	0.01 %136^th	527 MB/s14^th	507 MB/s8^th	28 Months41^st	€219122^nd
▲ 58463 ▼ Compare Crucial BX200 240GB €80 5,963 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 78% 23GB free Worst Bench: 46% 63GB free	67.2 %46^th	63.7 %128^th	0.37 %32^nd	495 MB/s132^nd	261 MB/s125^th	19 Months20^th	€8019^th
▲ 56182 ▼ Compare Zotac Premium Edition 240GB €114 318 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 101% 96GB free Worst Bench: 61% 187GB free	66.9 %47^th	82.3 %50^th	0.01 %136^th	528 MB/s10^th	508 MB/s6^th	19 Months20^th	€11460^th
▲ 622,117 ▼ Compare Transcend SSD370 256GB €113 The 256GB Transcend SSD370 sports a Silicon Motion (SM2246EN) controller coupled with Micron 20nm synchronous MLC NAND. With peak sequential read/write speeds of 520...	66.6 %48^th	77.6 %73^rd	0.06 %84^th	521 MB/s33^rd	302 MB/s107^th	34 Months63^rd	€11358^th
▲ 547,474 ▼ Compare Crucial M550 256GB €145 The 256GB Crucial M550 is a welcome improvement over the 240GB M500. The new Marvel 88SS9189 controller has addressed our primary concern with the M500 which was poo...	65.2 %49^th	91.4 %11^th	0.07 %79^th	525 MB/s20^th	481 MB/s31^st	39 Months89^th	€14582^nd
▲ 611,947 ▼ Compare OCZ ARC 100 240GB €114 The 240GB OCZ ARC has a solid performance profile with particularly strong 4K speeds. The ARC is positioned below both OCZ's enthusiast Vector 150 and the mainstream...	64.8 %50^th	80 %64^th	0.2 %55^th	465 MB/s149^th	427 MB/s53^rd	34 Months63^rd	€11462^nd
▲ 56253 ▼ Compare Transcend SSD370 512GB €266 349 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 104% 168GB free Worst Bench: 63% 297GB free	64.7 %51^st	85.2 %34^th	0.01 %136^th	520 MB/s43^rd	438 MB/s41^st	34 Months63^rd	€266138^th
▲ 61449 ▼ Compare OCZ Vector 180 240GB €127 The OCZ Vector 180 has a five year warranty and is rated for 50GB/day over that time. In terms of hardware the Vector 180 is basically a rebadged two year old Vector...	64.5 %52^nd	86.1 %27^th	0.02 %119^th	518 MB/s60^th	502 MB/s13^th	27 Months38^th	€12771^st
▲ 55128 ▼ Compare PNY CS1311 480GB €194 1,972 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 83% 304GB free Worst Bench: 54% 216GB free	64.2 %53^rd	70 %98^th	0.12 %68^th	519 MB/s49^th	353 MB/s80^th	14 Months9^th	€194113^th
▲ 643,620 ▼ Compare SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB €130 The 240GB Sandisk Extreme Pro uses the same controller and NAND as its 13 months younger predecessor, the Extreme II. Comparing the Extreme II and Extreme Pro shows ...	63.6 %54^th	86.3 %24^th	0.27 %43^rd	515 MB/s75^th	492 MB/s25^th	36 Months77^th	€13074^th
▲ 62988 ▼ Compare SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB €272 1,362 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 109% 187GB free Worst Bench: 65% 277GB free	63.2 %55^th	88.9 %18^th	0.06 %84^th	516 MB/s72^nd	496 MB/s23^rd	36 Months77^th	€272139^th
▲ 57775 ▼ Compare Corsair Force LS 240GB €91 760 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 82% 102GB free Worst Bench: 41% 117GB free	62.6 %56^th	65.2 %122^nd	0.08 %77^th	523 MB/s29^th	387 MB/s72^nd	43 Months95^th	€9129^th
▲ 59526 ▼ Compare Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB €123 The ADATA SP920 shares the same controller (Marvel 88SS9189), and for capacities over 256GB the same NAND configuration as the excellent Crucial M550. The lower capa...	62 %57^th	77 %77^th	0.05 %91^st	527 MB/s14^th	346 MB/s87^th	38 Months85^th	€12366^th
▲ 53536 ▼ Compare Mushkin Chronos 240GB €81 In today's market the only thing the Mushkin Chronos has going for it is the fact that it is an SSD and as such considerably faster than a regular hard drive. Compar...	62 %58^th	58.9 %142^nd	0.03 %109^th	509 MB/s105^th	308 MB/s106^th	70 Months148^th	€8120^th
▲ 57240 ▼ Compare OCZ Trion 150 120GB €47 814 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 80% 108GB free Worst Bench: 50% 16GB free	61.8 %59^th	66.3 %117^th	0.08 %77^th	517 MB/s69^th	335 MB/s98^th	14 Months9^th	€471^st
▲ 56240 ▼ Compare Plextor M6S 256GB €138 369 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 103% 104GB free Worst Bench: 57% 161GB free	61.8 %60^th	83.6 %41^st	0.02 %119^th	485 MB/s142^nd	426 MB/s56^th	38 Months85^th	€13877^th
▲ 6335,366 ▼ Compare Samsung 840 Evo 250GB €130 The Evo is remarkable in that, like the Sandisk Extreme II, it features a second level cache. For the 250 GB Evo this consists of a 3 GB Turbowrite cache (TWC) which...	60.3 %61^st	79.5 %65^th	2.5 %4^th	510 MB/s101^st	352 MB/s83^rd	47 Months100^th	€13075^th
▲ 5499 ▼ Compare PNY CS2211 240GB €126 400 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 95% 111GB free Worst Bench: 61% 153GB free	59.3 %62^nd	78.7 %71^st	0.02 %119^th	527 MB/s14^th	437 MB/s43^rd	17 Months17^th	€12669^th
▲ 607,976 ▼ Compare Crucial M500 240GB €115 We had high expectations for the Crucial M500. Crucial have a long history of producing outstanding Solid State drives. Both the RealSSD 300 and the M4, three and tw...	59.1 %63^rd	73.5 %85^th	0.38 %31^st	503 MB/s118^th	274 MB/s117^th	51 Months112^th	€11564^th
▲ 637,285 ▼ Compare SanDisk Ultra II 240GB €100 The Sandisk Ultra II sits above Sandisk's Ultra Plus and below their Extreme Pro. The Ultra Plus would probably have been phased out completely were it not for its c...	58.9 %64^th	65.7 %120^th	0.61 %19^th	498 MB/s130^th	336 MB/s97^th	33 Months59^th	€10040^th
▲ 56125 ▼ Compare Patriot Ignite 240GB €128 344 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 100% 147GB free Worst Bench: 55% 59GB free	58.9 %65^th	79.2 %68^th	0.01 %136^th	527 MB/s14^th	506 MB/s9^th	28 Months41^st	€12873^rd
▲ 62441 ▼ Compare OCZ ARC 100 120GB €63 1,299 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 93% 39GB free Worst Bench: 60% 84GB free	57.8 %66^th	77.1 %75^th	0.06 %84^th	459 MB/s151^st	382 MB/s73^rd	34 Months63^rd	€634^th
▲ 615,730 ▼ Compare SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB €121 The Sandisk Ultra Plus has an above average consumer performance profile and is available at a fantastic price. It's one of the cheapest SSD's we have reviewed and w...	57.7 %67^th	70.6 %95^th	0.2 %55^th	440 MB/s154^th	427 MB/s53^rd	53 Months114^th	€12165^th
▲ 5362 ▼ Compare Adata Premier SP550 960GB €382 153 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 72% 728GB free Worst Bench: 49% 797GB free	57.6 %68^th	62.1 %133^rd	0.02 %119^th	442 MB/s152^nd	262 MB/s124^th	21 Months25^th	€382153^rd
▲ 591,497 ▼ Compare Intel 535 Series 240GB €113 The Intel 535 SSD was quietly released in April 2015, very few review samples were distributed and the release went largely unnoticed. The 535 sports the same basic ...	57 %69^th	69.8 %100^th	0.13 %65^th	523 MB/s29^th	249 MB/s133^rd	26 Months33^rd	€11359^th
▲ 58379 ▼ Compare Adata Premier SP610 256GB €150 The Adata Premier SP610 sports a Silicon Motion SM2246EN controller coupled with 20nm Micron flash memory, a similar combination to Crucial's recent BX100 which uses...	56.1 %70^th	80.8 %61^st	0.02 %119^th	521 MB/s33^rd	353 MB/s80^th	36 Months77^th	€15084^th
▲ 581,072 ▼ Compare OCZ Trion 150 240GB €112 3,105 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 82% 122GB free Worst Bench: 50% 150GB free	56 %71^st	68.2 %109^th	0.18 %58^th	519 MB/s49^th	356 MB/s76^th	14 Months9^th	€11256^th
▲ 591,537 ▼ Compare OCZ Vertex 460 240GB €155 The OCZ Vertex 460 replaces the Vertex 450. The main difference between the two is a change from Intel/Micron (IMFT) 20nm MLC NAND to Toshiba 19nm MLC NAND, a fittin...	56 %72^nd	86.7 %23^rd	0.02 %119^th	514 MB/s83^rd	497 MB/s22^nd	41 Months93^rd	€15590^th
▲ 541,069 ▼ Compare OCZ Trion 100 240GB €77 1,633 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 65% 223GB free Worst Bench: 37% 8GB free	55.6 %73^rd	51 %155^th	0.05 %91^st	501 MB/s123^rd	268 MB/s121^st	23 Months31^st	€7714^th
▲ 58674 ▼ Compare OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB €155 The AMD Radeon R7 SSD is manufactured by OCZ (Toshiba). The release of the R7 is in line with OCZ's approximate six-monthly release cycle. Apart from newer NAND memo...	55 %74^th	85.2 %33^rd	0.04 %96^th	519 MB/s49^th	501 MB/s19^th	34 Months63^rd	€15590^th
▲ 56980 ▼ Compare Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB €161 2,452 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 65% 446GB free Worst Bench: 36% 106GB free	54.9 %75^th	52.1 %153^rd	0.14 %62^nd	514 MB/s83^rd	293 MB/s109^th	55 Months118^th	€16194^th
▲ 601,505 ▼ Compare Plextor M5 Pro 256GB €164 The Plextor M5 delivers fantastic value for money and sits within easy reach of the top handful of SSD's currently available. The M5's performance favours server typ...	54.6 %76^th	84.2 %37^th	0.02 %119^th	511 MB/s96^th	433 MB/s47^th	57 Months125^th	€16499^th
▲ 54100 ▼ Compare Patriot Ignite 960GB €580 36 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 97% 557GB free Worst Bench: 61% 846GB free	53.6 %77^th	79 %69^th	0 %157^th	530 MB/s4^th	512 MB/s2^nd	28 Months41^st	€580162^nd
▲ 54454 ▼ Compare Intel 730 Series 480GB €371 920 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 115% 33GB free Worst Bench: 74% 189GB free	53.4 %78^th	94.8 %8^th	0.07 %79^th	521 MB/s33^rd	484 MB/s30^th	40 Months91^st	€371150^th
▲ 57167 ▼ Compare Adata XPG SX930 120GB €79 240 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 105% 49GB free Worst Bench: 60% 95GB free	53.4 %79^th	83.8 %40^th	0.02 %119^th	514 MB/s83^rd	430 MB/s51^st	22 Months29^th	€7915^th
▲ 55549 ▼ Compare Plextor M5M mSATA 256GB €152 The Plextor M5M is the most recent mSATA SSD I have looked at. It has both the same controller and NAND flash (albeit with fewer channels) as its regular SATA siblin...	53.2 %80^th	77.6 %74^th	0.01 %136^th	503 MB/s118^th	412 MB/s64^th	50 Months111^th	€15288^th
▲ 724,497 ▼ Compare Samsung 850 Evo 120GB €90 17,967 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 113% 6GB free Worst Bench: 59% 97GB free	52.7 %81^st	91.6 %10^th	1.2 %8^th	518 MB/s60^th	416 MB/s60^th	30 Months52^nd	€9027^th
▲ 591,254 ▼ Compare Adata XPG SX900 256GB €134 The SX900 and SX910 are both Sandforce 2881 based SSDs from Adata. The only difference between them is their warranty period: 5 years for the SX910 vs 3 years for th...	52.6 %82^nd	69.6 %101^st	0.06 %84^th	514 MB/s83^rd	281 MB/s114^th	63 Months136^th	€13476^th
▲ 62821 ▼ Compare Corsair Neutron XT 240GB €162 462 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 102% 170GB free Worst Bench: 54% 41GB free	52.5 %83^rd	83.8 %39^th	0.02 %119^th	528 MB/s10^th	509 MB/s5^th	30 Months52^nd	€16297^th
▲ 598,129 ▼ Compare Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB €100 This is yet another Sandforce 2881 based SSD from Kingston, this time coupled with newer 19nm Nand flash. In terms of performance the V300 is nothing we haven't seen...	52.3 %84^th	58.3 %145^th	1.68 %6^th	512 MB/s94^th	253 MB/s132^nd	55 Months118^th	€10040^th
▲ 541,165 ▼ Compare Crucial MX100 128GB €70 The Crucial 128GB MX100 has the smallest capacity and is the slowest of the MX100 range. Comparing the 128GB and 256GB MX100s shows that the 256GB version has a 75% ...	52.1 %85^th	71.4 %91^st	0.12 %68^th	528 MB/s10^th	186 MB/s146^th	36 Months77^th	€7012^th
▲ 571,236 ▼ Compare Plextor M6S 128GB €81 747 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 96% 112GB free Worst Bench: 59% 10GB free	52 %86^th	79.4 %66^th	0.06 %84^th	493 MB/s139^th	333 MB/s99^th	38 Months85^th	€8121^st
▲ 53133 ▼ Compare Crucial M550 128GB €90 637 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 103% 88GB free Worst Bench: 63% 11GB free	51.6 %87^th	85.4 %31^st	0.04 %96^th	525 MB/s20^th	353 MB/s80^th	39 Months89^th	€9027^th
▲ 55135 ▼ Compare Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB €64 1,096 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 79% 68GB free Worst Bench: 45% 77GB free	51.2 %88^th	65.1 %123^rd	0.26 %44^th	515 MB/s75^th	310 MB/s104^th	9 Months1^st	€645^th
▲ 56338 ▼ Compare Crucial BX100 120GB €70 885 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 87% 40GB free Worst Bench: 53% 21GB free	50.5 %89^th	72.4 %89^th	0.06 %84^th	524 MB/s25^th	190 MB/s144^th	29 Months46^th	€7010^th
▲ 5489 ▼ Compare Plextor M6S 512GB €399 24 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 102% 433GB free Worst Bench: 66% 49GB free	50.3 %90^th	89.8 %13^th	0 %157^th	499 MB/s128^th	441 MB/s39^th	38 Months85^th	€399155^th
▲ 54331 ▼ Compare Adata Premier SP550 120GB €57 5,848 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 73% 36GB free Worst Bench: 47% 62GB free	49.6 %91^st	61 %138^th	0.48 %24^th	494 MB/s136^th	244 MB/s136^th	21 Months25^th	€573^rd
▲ 58232 ▼ Compare OCZ Vector 180 480GB €383 272 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 109% 355GB free Worst Bench: 65% 411GB free	49.5 %92^nd	89.9 %12^th	0.01 %136^th	520 MB/s43^rd	499 MB/s20^th	27 Months38^th	€383154^th
▲ 5698 ▼ Compare OCZ Vector 180 120GB €88 89 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 100% 43GB free Worst Bench: 63% 103GB free	48.7 %93^rd	82.8 %45^th	0.01 %136^th	521 MB/s33^rd	433 MB/s47^th	27 Months38^th	€8825^th
▲ 562,710 ▼ Compare Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB €140 The HyperX 3K is an updated version of the regular HyperX, the only difference between the two SSDs is the grade of NAND flash. The regular HyperX's NAND flash is ra...	48.6 %94^th	69.9 %99^th	0.31 %35^th	519 MB/s49^th	264 MB/s123^rd	62 Months132^nd	€14079^th
▲ 53920 ▼ Compare OCZ Vertex 450 256GB €196 The Vertex 450 is the third SSD OCZ have released in the last eighteen months. The 450 features an updated version of the now somewhat proven Indilinx Barefoot contr...	48.5 %95^th	85.3 %32^nd	0.01 %136^th	513 MB/s92^nd	496 MB/s23^rd	49 Months104^th	€196114^th
▲ 55284 ▼ Compare PNY CS1311 120GB €65 3,348 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 81% 6GB free Worst Bench: 48% 47GB free	48.4 %96^th	66.1 %119^th	0.35 %33^rd	518 MB/s60^th	339 MB/s95^th	14 Months9^th	€656^th
▲ 552,028 ▼ Compare OCZ Vector 256GB €228 This is the first solid state drive to feature OCZ's in-house Indilinx Barefoot 3 (IDX500M00-BC) controller and what a debut it proved to be. OCZ still use third par...	48.2 %97^th	95.1 %6^th	0.03 %109^th	524 MB/s25^th	503 MB/s11^th	54 Months117^th	€228126^th
▲ 581,917 ▼ Compare Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB €94 At four months old, the 128GB Toshiba Q Series Pro is the newest SSD in the group test. It's always nice to see new drives pushing established speed boundaries and t...	47.9 %98^th	81.9 %55^th	0.04 %96^th	519 MB/s49^th	478 MB/s34^th	44 Months98^th	€9431^st
▲ 633,090 ▼ Compare SanDisk Extreme II 240GB €178 The Sandisk Extreme II uses the 88SS9187-BLD2 controller, Marvel's latest, and Sandisk's own 19MM MLC Memory. On paper this makes an extremely good combination and t...	47.9 %99^th	82.3 %49^th	0.04 %96^th	485 MB/s142^nd	472 MB/s35^th	49 Months104^th	€178106^th
▲ 601,270 ▼ Compare Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB €171 The Neutron GTX is the faster of the two Neutrons released by Corsair. They both use the same Link A Media LM87800 controller but the GTX features more expensive 24...	47.3 %100^th	78.9 %70^th	0.05 %91^st	511 MB/s96^th	468 MB/s36^th	60 Months129^th	€171101^st
▲ 59951 ▼ Compare HyperX Savage 120GB €86 1,478 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 94% 43GB free Worst Bench: 56% 91GB free	45.8 %101^st	77.1 %76^th	0.09 %76^th	525 MB/s20^th	420 MB/s58^th	26 Months33^rd	€8623^rd
▲ 58779 ▼ Compare OCZ Vector 150 120GB €103 607 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 107% 5GB free Worst Bench: 64% 18GB free	44.8 %102^nd	86.1 %26^th	0.02 %119^th	521 MB/s33^rd	427 MB/s53^rd	43 Months95^th	€10344^th
▲ 53716 ▼ Compare Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB €148 The Mushkin Chronos and Chronos Deluxe are both Sandforce 2881 based SSDs from Mushkin. The only difference between the two is their NAND Flash: Intel asynchronous 2...	44.4 %103^rd	66.4 %116^th	0.03 %109^th	515 MB/s75^th	274 MB/s117^th	69 Months147^th	€14883^rd
▲ 54630 ▼ Compare OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB €152 This drive is another victim to the Sandforce 2281 controller's relative inability to handle incompressible data. The performance profile shows superb sequential rea...	44.2 %104^th	67.6 %112^th	0.03 %109^th	521 MB/s33^rd	275 MB/s116^th	74 Months157^th	€15287^th
▲ 612,414 ▼ Compare SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB €76 The 128GB Sandisk Ultra Plus proved to be a bit of a disappointment in comparison to its larger 256GB sibling. The 256GB version has more NAND modules which enable p...	43.9 %105^th	63.9 %127^th	0.22 %49^th	441 MB/s153^rd	280 MB/s115^th	53 Months114^th	€7613^th
▲ 611,834 ▼ Compare Samsung 850 Pro 128GB €126 4,289 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 115% 99GB free Worst Bench: 63% 19GB free	43.6 %106^th	92.8 %9^th	0.21 %51^st	527 MB/s14^th	488 MB/s26^th	35 Months73^rd	€12670^th
▲ 531,257 ▼ Compare Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB €214 The Toshiba HG5d is a reasonable SSD. Considering that Toshiba is amongst the few manufacturers that produce both their own NAND flash and SSD controllers, the HG5d ...	43.6 %107^th	81.8 %56^th	0.03 %109^th	514 MB/s83^rd	485 MB/s29^th	49 Months104^th	€214121^st
▲ 56231 ▼ Compare OCZ ARC 100 480GB €406 368 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 100% 275GB free Worst Bench: 61% 9GB free	43.4 %108^th	82.2 %51^st	0.04 %96^th	463 MB/s150^th	439 MB/s40^th	34 Months63^rd	€406156^th
▲ 591,386 ▼ Compare Seagate 600 240GB €204 This is Seagate's third foray into the the SSD market and it's clear from the specifications that Seagate haven't taken any chances. The 600 incorporates the now rea...	43 %109^th	82 %52^nd	0.04 %96^th	510 MB/s101^st	451 MB/s38^th	49 Months104^th	€204118^th
▲ 6313,050 ▼ Compare Samsung 840 Evo 120GB €94 The 120GB Evo, like its 250GB sibling, features a second level Turbowrite cache (TWC). This 3GB block of high speed SLC memory allows the Evo to write data at 370 MB...	42.9 %110^th	76.9 %79^th	1.76 %5^th	502 MB/s120^th	351 MB/s84^th	47 Months100^th	€9430^th
▲ 611,733 ▼ Compare OCZ Vector 150 240GB €234 Comparing the 150 to the original Vector is disappointing, the newer 150 actually offers marginally worse performance than its predecessor. A strange result but veri...	42.2 %111^th	89.1 %17^th	0.03 %109^th	521 MB/s33^rd	502 MB/s13^th	43 Months95^th	€234127^th
▲ 561,541 ▼ Compare Transcend SSD370 128GB €87 The 128GB Transcend SSD370 proved to be a bit of a disappointment both in absolute terms and in comparison to its larger capacity 256GB sibling. The 128GB SSD370 is ...	41.5 %112^th	66.6 %115^th	0.04 %96^th	518 MB/s60^th	157 MB/s150^th	34 Months63^rd	€8724^th
▲ 54599 ▼ Compare SanDisk X110 mSATA 128GB €80 275 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 76% 90GB free Worst Bench: 48% 52GB free	41.3 %113^th	62.5 %131^st	0.04 %96^th	433 MB/s155^th	274 MB/s117^th	47 Months100^th	€8018^th
▲ 5391 ▼ Compare OCZ Vertex 460 120GB €110 335 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 102% 188GB free Worst Bench: 59% 19GB free	40.5 %114^th	81.7 %58^th	0.03 %109^th	511 MB/s96^th	411 MB/s65^th	41 Months93^rd	€11052^nd
▲ 54809 ▼ Compare SanDisk Extreme 240GB €170 The Sandisk Extreme was once a good choice of SSD thanks to its extremely (pun intended) competitive price. In terms of performance the Extreme would of course oblit...	40.3 %115^th	66.9 %114^th	0.18 %58^th	520 MB/s43^rd	245 MB/s135^th	64 Months140^th	€170100^th
▲ 60156 ▼ Compare OCZ Vertex 460A 120GB €113 216 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 99% 89GB free Worst Bench: 58% 66GB free	40 %116^th	82.4 %48^th	0.02 %119^th	515 MB/s75^th	421 MB/s57^th	31 Months57^th	€11357^th
▲ 54140 ▼ Compare Adata XPG SX900 128GB €79 1,413 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 73% 33GB free Worst Bench: 46% 95GB free	39.7 %117^th	59.6 %140^th	0.13 %65^th	509 MB/s105^th	211 MB/s139^th	63 Months136^th	€7916^th
▲ 565,383 ▼ Compare Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB €54 The 120GB Kingston V300 has a performance profile that closely matches its 240GB sibling. Both drives utilize a Sandforce LSI controller and therefore demonstrate re...	39.6 %118^th	46.8 %157^th	3.57 %3^rd	502 MB/s120^th	143 MB/s155^th	55 Months118^th	€542^nd
▲ 603,684 ▼ Compare HyperX Fury 120GB €67 The Kingston HyperX Fury has the same controller as its HyperX 3K sibling; the only difference between the two drives is the use of cheaper Micron 20nm NAND in the n...	39.3 %119^th	54.6 %150^th	0.71 %14^th	507 MB/s112^th	154 MB/s151^st	36 Months77^th	€679^th
▲ 581,829 ▼ Compare Crucial M500 120GB €80 The 120GB M500 is successor to the phenomenally successful Crucial M4. The M500 was poised to win loyal M4 customers but as it turns out the new M500 is worse for ty...	39.1 %120^th	62.1 %134^th	0.22 %49^th	499 MB/s128^th	139 MB/s157^th	51 Months112^th	€8017^th
▲ 632,754 ▼ Compare Samsung 840 Pro 128GB €115 The 128GB 840 Pro is a rock solid performer. On release, nearly a year and a half ago, the Pro smashed several speed records. Today, with sequential read/write speed...	38.8 %121^st	76.9 %78^th	0.55 %21^st	520 MB/s43^rd	438 MB/s41^st	56 Months121^st	€11563^rd
▲ 55478 ▼ Compare Plextor M5S 128GB €99 1,116 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 82% 25GB free Worst Bench: 51% 42GB free	38.8 %122^nd	69 %103^rd	0.11 %72^nd	500 MB/s127^th	212 MB/s138^th	59 Months128^th	€9938^th
▲ 551,606 ▼ Compare Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB €66 The 128GB Adata Premier Pro SP900 has peak and average sequential read/write speeds of 496/166 and 175/106 MB/s. The average speeds are significantly worse than peak...	38.4 %123^rd	50.3 %156^th	0.28 %41^st	497 MB/s131^st	151 MB/s152^nd	63 Months136^th	€667^th
▲ 6320,535 ▼ Compare Samsung 840 Pro 256GB €260 The 840 Pro is stunning. Samsung have created a completely in-house package including both the controller and their own new 21nm toggle mode NAND. On release (Oct '1...	38 %124^th	82.7 %46^th	0.72 %13^th	523 MB/s29^th	487 MB/s28^th	56 Months121^st	€260134^th
▲ 53266 ▼ Compare OCZ Vertex 450 128GB €109 The 128GB Vertex 450 has a reasonable but somewhat unusual performance profile. The main weakness is its sequential write speed which is only 282 MB/s peak. This imp...	37.3 %125^th	70.9 %93^rd	0.02 %119^th	506 MB/s114^th	283 MB/s113^th	49 Months104^th	€10951^st
▲ 55509 ▼ Compare Plextor M5 Pro 128GB €124 The 128GB Plextor M5 Pro has a reasonable performance profile. With an effective speed of 442 MB/s it ranks just 5% below the average of the top ten user rated 128GB...	37 %126^th	77.8 %72^nd	0.05 %91^st	510 MB/s101^st	317 MB/s102^nd	57 Months125^th	€12468^th
▲ 55448 ▼ Compare Intel 335 Series 240GB €197 The 240GB Intel 335 Series SSD is four months older than the group leaders which average 13 months old. The hardware configuration consists of a Sandforce 2281 contr...	36.9 %127^th	68.4 %108^th	0.07 %79^th	514 MB/s83^rd	259 MB/s128^th	57 Months125^th	€197115^th
▲ 561,148 ▼ Compare Samsung 840 250GB €175 The Samsung 840 is the budget version of the 840 Pro, the main difference between the hardware on the two drives is the type of flash memory used. The cheaper 840 us...	36.3 %128^th	59.6 %139^th	0.57 %20^th	511 MB/s96^th	247 MB/s134^th	56 Months121^st	€175104^th
▲ 602,919 ▼ Compare Intel 730 Series 240GB €262 The 240GB Intel 730 is just two months old and the newest SSDs in our group test. The 730 uses Intel's own enterprise controller (rather than a Sandforce) and it's m...	35.4 %129^th	81.4 %60^th	0.07 %79^th	518 MB/s60^th	292 MB/s110^th	40 Months91^st	€262135^th
▲ 54558 ▼ Compare Kingston SSDNow V+200 240GB €180 The SSDNow V+200 is one of the slowest SSD's we have seen recently. Its sequential and 4k read performance is the weakest we have seen to date. Even the sequential a...	35.2 %130^th	61.1 %137^th	0.07 %79^th	518 MB/s60^th	255 MB/s130^th	65 Months142^nd	€180108^th
▲ 59572 ▼ Compare OCZ Vertex 4 128GB €142 The 128GB Vertex 4 has an average score of 90.5% which is the highest we have seen to date for a 120-128GB SSD. We have in excess of 100 UBM samples for the Vertex 4...	35.1 %131^st	81.9 %53^rd	0.28 %41^st	474 MB/s147^th	392 MB/s70^th	62 Months132^nd	€14281^st
▲ 55404 ▼ Compare Intel 330 Series 120GB €83 The Intel 330 is just under two years old and sports a Sandforce 2281 controller coupled with Intel's own 25nm MLC NAND. This combination typically produces a perfor...	35.1 %132^nd	57.2 %146^th	0.21 %51^st	512 MB/s94^th	140 MB/s156^th	63 Months136^th	€8322^nd
▲ 582,609 ▼ Compare Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB €95 The 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K is nearly two years old, several generations of SSD have passed since its original release. Better 120GB SSDs have more NAND modules tha...	35 %133^rd	63 %130^th	0.71 %14^th	514 MB/s83^rd	201 MB/s142^nd	62 Months132^nd	€9532^nd
▲ 53495 ▼ Compare OCZ Agility 4 256GB €207 The OCZ Agility 4 is a relatively old SSD and has been included in the group test as a reference. In terms of overall speed the Agility 4 lags the current ten market...	35 %134^th	64.2 %125^th	0.04 %96^th	349 MB/s157^th	391 MB/s71^st	61 Months131^st	€207119^th
▲ 54820 ▼ Compare SanDisk Extreme II 120GB €124 The 120GB Sandisk Extreme II proved to be a disappointment. I was expecting the same blistering performance as I saw on its larger 240GB sibling but that proved not ...	33.2 %135^th	72.9 %86^th	0.04 %96^th	482 MB/s146^th	313 MB/s103^rd	49 Months104^th	€12467^th
▲ 561,486 ▼ Compare Samsung 830 256GB €248 Almost two years old, the Samsung 830 is one of the oldest SSD's in the group test. The 830 has a reasonably consistent performance profile scoring slightly above av...	32.2 %136^th	67.6 %111^th	0.31 %35^th	511 MB/s96^th	406 MB/s66^th	68 Months145^th	€248129^th
▲ 56360 ▼ Compare Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB €178 Before looking at the benchmarks for this drive it's worth noting that it is nearly three years old, a lifetime in SSD's. The Crucial C300 demonstrated a transfer s...	32.2 %137^th	52.8 %152^nd	0.01 %136^th	355 MB/s156^th	220 MB/s137^th	88 Months162^nd	€178107^th
▲ 55523 ▼ Compare Samsung 830 128GB €104 The 128GB Samsung 830 is nearly two and a half years old which puts it at a significant disadvantage to more recent models. With peak and average sequential read/wri...	32.2 %138^th	59 %141^st	0.54 %22^nd	508 MB/s108^th	309 MB/s105^th	68 Months145^th	€10446^th
▲ 55481 ▼ Compare Corsair Performance Pro 256GB €331 We really liked this drive when it was released back in Nov '11. It had great real world performance both with compressible and incompressible data and was powered b...	32.1 %139^th	83.6 %42^nd	0.01 %136^th	504 MB/s116^th	419 MB/s59^th	67 Months143^rd	€331146^th
▲ 561,864 ▼ Compare Crucial M4 256GB €207 The Crucial M4 is one of the oldest SSD's to have made it into the group test. When it was released its primary competitors were Sandforce based drives which suffere...	31.8 %140^th	58.3 %144^th	0.24 %47^th	502 MB/s120^th	268 MB/s121^st	74 Months157^th	€207119^th
▲ 611,515 ▼ Compare OCZ Vertex 4 256GB €380 The Vertex 4 is just over a year old but thanks to its recent firmware update (1.5), it still manages to perform almost on a par with the best drives currently avail...	30.7 %141^st	88.7 %19^th	0.17 %60^th	495 MB/s132^nd	481 MB/s31^st	62 Months132^nd	€380152^nd
▲ 62268 ▼ Compare OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB €160 451 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 99% 55GB free Worst Bench: 62% 65GB free	30.6 %142^nd	81.7 %57^th	0.02 %119^th	520 MB/s43^rd	433 MB/s47^th	34 Months63^rd	€16093^rd
▲ 56407 ▼ Compare Crucial M4 128GB €110 The 128GB Crucial M4 is almost three years old, an extremely long time in SSD land. With peak and average sequential read/write speeds of 500/194 and 429/185 the 128...	29.2 %143^rd	56.2 %149^th	0.4 %28^th	501 MB/s123^rd	194 MB/s143^rd	74 Months157^th	€11053^rd
▲ 55411 ▼ Compare OCZ Vertex 3 120GB €110 The 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 is almost 3 years old which makes it twice as old as most of the drives in the group test. With sequential peak and average read/write speeds ...	28.9 %144^th	58.3 %143^rd	0.4 %28^th	513 MB/s92^nd	151 MB/s152^nd	75 Months160^th	€11053^rd
▲ 593,528 ▼ Compare Intel 530 Series 120GB €108 At just 5 months old the Intel 530 Series SSD is the newest SSD in the group test. Unfortunately the 530 uses the same basic formula we have seen going back two and ...	28.6 %145^th	57.1 %147^th	0.21 %51^st	504 MB/s116^th	137 MB/s158^th	45 Months99^th	€10850^th
▲ 53346 ▼ Compare Patriot Pyro 120GB €96 134 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 65% 22GB free Worst Bench: 39% 34GB free	28.2 %146^th	51.3 %154^th	0.06 %84^th	508 MB/s108^th	176 MB/s148^th	70 Months148^th	€9634^th
▲ 54903 ▼ Compare Samsung 840 120GB €103 8,474 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 69% 26GB free Worst Bench: 39% 1GB free	28.1 %147^th	54 %151^st	0.63 %18^th	508 MB/s108^th	134 MB/s160^th	56 Months121^st	€10345^th
▲ 57863 ▼ Compare Kingston SSDNow KC300 120GB €128 575 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 77% 100GB free Worst Bench: 48% 38GB free	27.6 %148^th	62.2 %132^nd	0.02 %119^th	509 MB/s105^th	205 MB/s140^th	47 Months100^th	€12872^nd
▲ 53137 ▼ Compare Patriot Pyro SE 120GB €114 121 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 69% 28GB free Worst Bench: 41% 4GB free	27.4 %149^th	56.9 %148^th	0.01 %136^th	510 MB/s101^st	148 MB/s154^th	67 Months143^rd	€11461^st
▲ 54669 ▼ Compare Intel 525 Series mSATA 240GB €295 In terms of hardware there is nothing new here, the combination of SandForce SF2281VB1-SDC controller coupled with 25NM Intel flash memory is the tried and tested so...	27.3 %150^th	68.5 %106^th	0.01 %136^th	515 MB/s75^th	284 MB/s112^th	53 Months114^th	€295142^nd
▲ 54701 ▼ Compare OCZ Agility 3 240GB €189 The OCZ Agility 3.0 has a relatively weak performance profile to say the least, it is actually one of the worst drives we have seen to date. With a real world score ...	26 %151^st	46.8 %158^th	0.13 %65^th	214 MB/s159^th	186 MB/s146^th	73 Months153^rd	€189111^th
▲ 612,005 ▼ Compare Kingston HyperX 240GB €341 The Kingston HyperX is nearly two years old which in SSD terms is almost an entire lifetime. Starting on a positive note this drive will outperform any mechanical dr...	24.7 %152^nd	69.3 %102^nd	0.02 %119^th	519 MB/s49^th	269 MB/s120^th	71 Months151^st	€341148^th
▲ 581,039 ▼ Compare SanDisk Ultra II 120GB €156 2,516 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 79% 56GB free Worst Bench: 43% 67GB free	23.4 %153^rd	61.3 %136^th	0.21 %51^st	471 MB/s148^th	324 MB/s101^st	33 Months59^th	€15692^nd
▲ 55728 ▼ Compare Corsair Force 3 240GB €220 The Corsair Force 3 is one of the slowest SSD's we have seen to date. Its real world speed rating of 305.7 MB/s puts it just above the bottom of the pack. Looking at...	22.7 %154^th	45.8 %159^th	0.04 %96^th	213 MB/s160^th	188 MB/s145^th	73 Months153^rd	€220123^rd
▲ 54174 ▼ Compare Seagate 600 120GB €199 The 120GB Seagate 600 is yet another drive that massively underperforms its larger, in this case 240GB, sibling. Looking at the 120GB and 240GB 600's shows that the ...	22.3 %155^th	70.2 %97^th	0.01 %136^th	508 MB/s108^th	287 MB/s111^th	49 Months104^th	€199117^th
▲ 53400 ▼ Compare OCZ Agility 3 120GB €97 8,271 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 51% 33GB free Worst Bench: 29% 3GB free	21.6 %156^th	39.5 %161^st	0.42 %26^th	204 MB/s162^nd	121 MB/s161^st	73 Months153^rd	€9736^th
▲ 53471 ▼ Compare Corsair Neutron (v0) 240GB €475 The Neutron exhibits a slightly unbalanced performance profile favouring reads over writes, it achieved a real world score of 479.7 MB/s which is slightly above cent...	21.4 %157^th	76.8 %80^th	0.01 %136^th	519 MB/s49^th	437 MB/s43^rd	60 Months129^th	€475160^th
▲ 55738 ▼ Compare Corsair Force 3 120GB €104 5,031 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 51% 112GB free Worst Bench: 28% 29GB free	20.5 %158^th	39.6 %160^th	0.3 %40^th	205 MB/s161^st	117 MB/s162^nd	73 Months153^rd	€10446^th
▲ 551,122 ▼ Compare OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 240GB €557 The RevoDrive 3 X2 has an unbalanced performance profile that won't suit the majority of desktop users. Despite demonstrating a record breaking sequential read speed...	17.8 %159^th	72.1 %90^th	-	728 MB/s1^st	294 MB/s108^th	70 Months148^th	€557161^st
▲ 611,585 ▼ Compare Intel 520 Series 120GB €262 The Intel 520 Series was Intel's first SSD to feature a Sandforce 2281 controller. This controller has powered countless SSDs over the last three years but is now da...	16.3 %160^th	63.1 %129^th	0.31 %35^th	515 MB/s75^th	165 MB/s149^th	64 Months140^th	€262136^th
▲ 53223 ▼ Compare Patriot Wildfire 120GB €273 91 User Benchmarks Best Bench: 75% 50GB free Worst Bench: 48% 27GB free	15.6 %161^st	62 %135^th	0.01 %136^th	514 MB/s83^rd	204 MB/s141^st	71 Months151^st	€273140^th
▲ 55490 ▼ Compare Intel 320 Series 120GB €222 The Intel 320 SSD uses a proprietary Intel controller which predates Intel's adoption of Sandforce controllers for their consumer SSDs. The 320 is nearly three years...	11.4 %162^nd	38.8 %162^nd	0.14 %62^nd	262 MB/s158^th	135 MB/s159^th	75 Months160^th	€222124^th

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K €338	Nvidia GTX 1070 €410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB €96
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 €330	AMD RX 480 €307	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB €139
Intel Core i5-7600K €245	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB €288	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB €150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) €46	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB €150	SanDisk Extreme 64GB €61
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) €105	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB €777	SanDisk Extreme 32GB €21
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB €56	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB €151	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB €17