Real World Speed
Performance profile from 7,130 user samples
7,130 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 87% 111GB free
Worst Bench: 39% 28GB free (System drive)
Poor: 39% Great: 87%
SPEED RANK: 663rd / 1071
Effective Speed
Effective SSD Speed
70.2 % 98.4 % Much faster effective speed.
+40%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
433 MB/s 457 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+6%
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
282 MB/s 405 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+44%
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
30.7 MB/s 34.3 MB/s Faster random read.
+12%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
69.1 MB/s 87.6 MB/s Faster random write.
+27%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
287 MB/s 359 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+25%
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
30.7 MB/s 45 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+47%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
96.4 MB/s 296 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+208%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
493 MB/s 507 MB/s +3%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
390 MB/s 485 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+24%
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
40.2 MB/s 43 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+7%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
94.2 MB/s 122 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+30%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
364 MB/s 423 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+16%
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
39.5 MB/s 58.3 MB/s Much faster peak random mixed IO.
+48%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
175 MB/s 387 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+121%
Market Share
Based on 75,630,610 SSDs tested
User Rating
UBM User Rating
50 % 56.8 % More popular.
+14%
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 0.18 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,733%
DQ Read
Peak 4K-64Thread Read Speed
265 MB/s 367 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue read.
+38%
DQ Write
Peak 4K-64Thread Write Speed
322 MB/s 358 MB/s Faster peak deep queue write.
+11%
DQ Mixed
Peak 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
197 MB/s 331 MB/s Much faster peak deep queue mixed IO.
+68%
ADQ Read
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed
214 MB/s 326 MB/s Much faster deep queue read.
+52%
ADQ Write
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed
224 MB/s 289 MB/s Faster deep queue write.
+29%
ADQ Mixed
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed
150 MB/s 260 MB/s Much faster deep queue mixed IO.
+73%
Age
Newest
61+ Months Much more recent.
+53%
93.6 Months
AS-SSD Total
AS-SSD Total Score
1,002 Pts 1,240 Pts Stronger server IO.
+24%
Capacity
Capacity
120GB   —
Solid State Drive Rankings (Price vs Performance) April 2024 SSD Rankings

Welcome to our 2.5" and M.2 SSD comparison. We calculate effective speed for both SATA and NVMe drives based on real world performance then adjust by current prices per GB to yield a value for money rating. Our calculated values are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top SSDs. [SSDrivePro]

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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