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UserBenchmark USA-User us uk ca es fr de it CPU GPU SSD HDD RAM USB EFPS FPS SkillBench COMPARE BUILD TEST ABOUT Today’s hottest deals Amazon Ebay CPU GPU SSD HDD USB RAM UserBenchmark Speed test your SSD in less than a minute 75,887,124 SSDs Free Download 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 ] Best user rated SSD Best value for money SSD Fastest average effective speed SSD 1,072 SSDs Form factor Brand Seller User rating (50.9) Value (44.2) Avg. bench (96.8) Capacity (401) Write (460) Mkt. share (0.05) Age months (106) Price (145) Add columns Expert view Show all prices Download csv TEST YOUR SSD COMPARE GAMING EFPS START A PC BUILD ADVERTISEMENT FAQ 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... 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 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 their jointly developed, revolutionary storage technology as employed in Intel’s Optane memory... more What’s the difference between SLC, MLC and TLC? In terms or write performance, durability and price SLCMLCTLC... more What is sustained sequential write speed? A measure of how quickly large files can be written to a device... more » « User rating % Value % Avg. bench % Capacity Write MB/s Mkt. share % Age months Price » » « User rating % Value % Avg. bench % Capacity Write MB/s Mkt. share % Age months Price » 1 Compare WD Black SN850X NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB $145 Samples 26k ▲ 72 ▼ 100 th 239 100 th 513 283 - 685 100 th 2TB 98 th 3927 100 th 0.8 98 th 21+ 100 th $145 40 th 2 Compare Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB $106 Samples 276k ▲ 69 ▼ 100 th 138 97 th 394 274 - 488 99 th 1TB 93 rd 2779 98 th 1.63 100 th 43+ 97 th $106 53 rd 3 Compare Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB $170 Samples 138k ▲ 68 ▼ 100 th 172 99 th 416 283 - 526 99 th 2TB 98 th 2868 98 th 1.55 100 th 39+ 98 th $170 31 st 4 Compare WD Black SN850X NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB $85 Samples 23k ▲ 68 ▼ 100 th 181 99 th 437 251 - 598 99 th 1TB 93 rd 3724 99 th 0.55 97 th 20+ 100 th $85 64 th 5 Compare Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB $43 Samples 367k ▲ 66 ▼ 100 th 112 95 th 276 178 - 355 96 th 500GB 78 th 2034 97 th 0.89 99 th 63+ 93 rd $43 90 th 6 Compare Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB $95 Samples 455k ▲ 66 ▼ 100 th 118 96 th 310 188 - 410 97 th 1TB 93 rd 2066 98 th 1.87 100 th 63+ 93 rd $95 58 th 7 Compare WD Black SN850X NVMe PCIe M.2 4TB $289 Samples 8.6k ▲ 64 ▼ 99 th 249 100 th 534 292 - 682 100 th 4TB 100 th 3925 100 th 0.24 95 th 20+ 100 th $289 14 th 8 Compare HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB $218 Samples 2.5k ▲ 62 ▼ 99 th 103 94 th 300 194 - 379 97 th 2TB 98 th 1794 95 th 0 76 th 63+ 94 th $218 21 st 9 Compare Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB $57 Samples 74k ▲ 62 ▼ 99 th 81.4 92 nd 242 147 - 311 94 th 512GB 86 th 1494 93 rd 0.13 96 th 65+ 92 nd $57 82 nd 10 Compare Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB $74 Samples 171k ▲ 61 ▼ 99 th 97.3 94 th 212 130 - 295 92 nd 1TB 93 rd 1270 92 nd 0.33 97 th 66+ 92 nd $74 71 st 11 Compare Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB $94 Samples 85k ▲ 61 ▼ 99 th 108 95 th 279 175 - 372 96 th 1TB 96 th 1652 94 th 0.21 96 th 65+ 92 nd $94 58 th 12 Compare Samsung 860 Evo 2TB $255 Samples 44k ▲ 61 ▼ 99 th 34.3 77 th 113 89 - 133 81 st 2TB 98 th 440 81 st 0.08 91 st 75+ 86 th $255 17 th 13 Compare Crucial MX500 250GB $39 Samples 77k ▲ 61 ▼ 99 th 26.5 69 th 101 73 - 123 77 th 250GB 52 nd 394 68 th 0.15 95 th 76 85 th $39 92 nd 14 Compare Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB $40 Samples 87k ▲ 61 ▼ 99 th 60.1 88 th 234 152 - 302 94 th 250GB 52 nd 1841 96 th 0.13 95 th 63+ 94 th $40 91 st 15 Compare HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB $126 Samples 5.1k ▲ 60 ▼ 99 th 88.8 93 rd 284 170 - 380 97 th 1TB 96 th 1700 95 th 0.01 76 th 63+ 93 rd $126 45 th 16 Compare Crucial MX500 1TB $74 Samples 202k ▲ 60 ▼ 99 th 48.8 85 th 106 75 - 125 79 th 1TB 93 rd 420 76 th 0.55 98 th 76+ 85 th $74 71 st 17 Compare HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB $80 Samples 2.2k ▲ 59 ▼ 98 th 66.6 89 th 255 155 - 339 95 th 512GB 86 th 1469 93 rd 0 76 th 63+ 93 rd $80 66 th 18 Compare Crucial MX500 2TB $155 Samples 44k ▲ 59 ▼ 98 th 47.8 85 th 108 83 - 125 79 th 2TB 98 th 420 76 th 0.13 93 rd 75+ 85 th $155 36 th 19 Compare Crucial MX500 500GB $44 Samples 237k ▲ 59 ▼ 98 th 42.8 82 nd 106 78 - 125 79 th 500GB 78 th 425 77 th 0.41 98 th 76+ 85 th $44 89 th 20 Compare Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB $43 Samples 381k ▲ 58 ▼ 98 th 111 95 th 273 199 - 340 96 th 500GB 78 th 2063 98 th 0.52 99 th 72+ 88 th $43 90 th 21 Compare Samsung 850 Evo 120GB Samples 69k ▲ 58 ▼ 98 th 96 64 - 115 74 th 120GB 22 nd 431 78 th 0.07 86 th 113 57 th 22 Compare Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB Samples 34k ▲ 58 ▼ 98 th 213 139 - 271 92 nd 256GB 67 th 957 89 th 0.05 92 nd 65+ 92 nd 23 Compare Samsung 870 EVO 1TB $105 Samples 129k ▲ 58 ▼ 98 th 39.5 80 th 112 82 - 137 81 st 1TB 93 rd 436 80 th 0.69 97 th 39+ 98 th $105 53 rd 24 Compare Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB $150 Samples 200k ▲ 58 ▼ 98 th 152 98 th 336 223 - 435 98 th 2TB 98 th 2115 98 th 1.19 99 th 59+ 95 th $150 38 th 25 Compare Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB Samples 78k ▲ 58 ▼ 98 th 179 103 - 242 89 th 500GB 78 th 835 88 th 0.13 94 th 66+ 92 nd 26 Compare Samsung 860 Evo 500GB $51 Samples 762k ▲ 58 ▼ 98 th 37.8 79 th 105 74 - 129 78 th 500GB 78 th 401 70 th 0.99 99 th 75+ 86 th $51 84 th 27 Compare Samsung 870 EVO 500GB $80 Samples 60k ▲ 58 ▼ 98 th 26.7 70 th 104 73 - 130 78 th 500GB 78 th 407 72 nd 0.43 97 th 39+ 98 th $80 66 th 28 Compare Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB $92 Samples 154k ▲ 57 ▼ 97 th 32.3 75 th 235 160 - 280 94 th 250GB 52 nd 1408 93 rd 0.17 95 th 72+ 88 th $92 59 th 29 Compare Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $79 Samples 296k ▲ 57 ▼ 97 th 16 54 th 104 75 - 128 78 th 250GB 52 nd 381 64 th 0.42 98 th 75 85 th $79 68 th 30 Compare Gigabyte Aorus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB Samples 15k ▲ 57 ▼ 97 th 339 215 - 491 98 th 1TB 93 rd 3054 99 th 0.03 87 th 58+ 95 th 31 Compare Samsung 870 Evo 250GB Samples 14k ▲ 57 ▼ 97 th 101 67 - 128 77 th 250GB 52 nd 395 68 th 0.12 93 rd 39 98 th 32 Compare...