Worst 45 SSDs based on 443 Expert Reviews

Our research includes 443 expert total reviews for 45 SSDs. The lowest average score is 68%, while the highest is 94% (a gap of 26%). There are about 10 reviews per product. Reviews come from sites like PCMag, Wired, and more. Click on a product to see more information (including which reviews were included). This list gets updated every few days as we routinely add the latest products.

1: Lexar NM620

Avg. Expert Score (6 Reviews)

Apr 19, 2021 · For the case of the Lexar NM620, it looks like the controller is a rebranded Innogrit IG5216 Shasta+ controller, possibly with custom firmware. The Lexar DM620 controller has support for NVMe 1.4, over four channels. The Lexar NM620 is available in capacities of 256 GB ($45), 512 GB ($90), and 1 TB ($160).

-- techpowerup.com

2: Crucial P2

Avg. Expert Score (8 Reviews)

2020-08-31 · The Crucial P2 is a solid-enough budget M.2 SSD for general use, but the company's own P5 is a much better choice under most shopping circumstances.

3: Lexar NM610

Avg. Expert Score (8 Reviews)

May 23, 2020 · Lexar NM610 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Responsive and Efficient DRAMless Storage Lexar’s NM610 dishes out multi-GBps performance on the low By Sean Webster 23 May 2020

-- tomshardware.com

4: Lexar SL100 Pro

Avg. Expert Score (8 Reviews)

Jun 15, 2020 · The Lexar SL100 Pro is a tough, sleek external solid-state drive (SSD) that performs well and is easy on the wallet, at $129.99 list price for the 500GB version we tested, though less from most...

5: Crucial X6 Portable SSD

Avg. Expert Score (7 Reviews)

Measuring 11 x 69 x 64 mm and weighing in at under 42 grams, the Crucial X6 is a very compact portable SSD. The Crucial X6’s casing is plastic, but with such a small size and shape, the drive is...

-- tomshardware.com

6: ADATA Falcon

Avg. Expert Score (7 Reviews)

Classy, snazzy aesthetics Aggressive price point Single-sided cell layout for laptop upgraders Five-year warranty Solid software options

7: HP Portable SSD P500

Avg. Expert Score (7 Reviews)

Nov 09, 2020 · HP's Portable SSD P500 is an attractive, compact external SSD with a rugged aluminum body. It’s a good basic choice for everyday use, but don’t expect anything like cutting-edge speeds.

8: HyperX Savage EXO

Avg. Expert Score (11 Reviews)

2019-09-24 · HyperX's Savage EXO external SSD looks slick, and it's both easy to carry and easy on your wallet. It's equally useful for PC backups and console-game supplemental storage. MSRP $94.99 $108.74 at...

9: Kingston A1000

Avg. Expert Score (11 Reviews)

The Kingston A1000 sample I tested is a 960GB M.2-format drive, at the 80mm length (Type-2280), which means it will fit on most M.2 laptop and desktop-board configurations that aren't...

10: Crucial P1

Avg. Expert Score (12 Reviews)

Mar 05, 2019 · The Crucial P1 is an x4 PCIE NVMe SSD that ships in the 2280 (22 mm wide, 80 mm long) form factor. The drive comes in 500GB and 1TB flavors that retail for $90 and $170 respectively. That’s a good...

11: Crucial BX500

Avg. Expert Score (11 Reviews)

Nov 14, 2019 · Crucial's BX500 is the successor to its popular BX300 line of SSDs. Like the company's mainstream MX500 brand, the BX500 skips over the 400-naming scheme. But, unlike the MX500, the BX500 doesn't...

-- tomshardware.com

12: Samsung SSD 870 QVO

Avg. Expert Score (16 Reviews)

Jun 30, 2020 · The SSD 870 QVO is a 9x-layer QLC V-NAND SATA SSD that is launching in four different storage-volume sizes: 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, and an especially tasty-looking 8TB. Samsung rates the drive to hit a...

13: Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSD

Avg. Expert Score (13 Reviews)

Aug 26, 2020 · In addition to the 1TB version reviewed here, Seagate also offers a 500GB model of the FireCuda Gaming SSD for $199.99 and a 2TB one for $499.99. At 25 cents or more per gigabyte, all three of ...

14: ADATA XPG SX6000 Pro

Avg. Expert Score (11 Reviews)

Jun 19, 2019 · While ADATA's XPG SX6000 Pro is a fine enough PCI Express M.2 SSD taken in isolation, its XPG older brother casts a speed and value shadow.

15: iStorage DiskAshur Pro2 SSD

Avg. Expert Score (10 Reviews)

2020-05-19 · If data security is important to you, the iStorage DiskAshur Pro2 SSD offers everything from hardware encryption to a PIN keypad. It's pricey and not overly speedy, as SSDs go, but it could be the...

16: Mushkin Pilot-E

Avg. Expert Score (4 Reviews)

Mushkin’s Pilot-E takes flight. Mushkin’s top-tier M.2 NVMe SSD is finally available. Like the lower-end Pilot, we reviewed a few months back, Mushkin’s new Pilot-E brings some heat with it ...

-- tomshardware.com

17: Samsung SSD 870 EVO

Avg. Expert Score (14 Reviews)

Jan 19, 2021 · The Samsung SSD 870 EVO offers the peak of Serial ATA SSD performance, and moves so fast in 4K random read and write operations you'd almost be forgiven for confusing it with PCI Express 3.0. Like...

18: Silicon Power UD70

Avg. Expert Score (9 Reviews)

Feb 17, 2021 · Silicon Power's UD70 (starts at $109.99 for 1TB; $195.99 for the 2TB version tested) is an M.2 internal solid-state drive geared to DIY system builders, casual gamers, video editors, and really ...

19: Crucial P5

Avg. Expert Score (9 Reviews)

Aug 14, 2020 · The Crucial P5 and P2 (being reviewed alongside it) represent its first forays into in-house controller production aimed at consumers.

20: SK Hynix Gold S31

Avg. Expert Score (10 Reviews)

Oct 23, 2019 · The Gold S31 is a great first effort from SK Hynix. Given similar pricing, I’d opt for the Gold S31 over the vast majority of the 2.5-inch SATA SSDs on the market. Note: When you purchase something...

21: ADATA XPG Spectrix S40G

Avg. Expert Score (6 Reviews)

2020-02-24 · ADATA XPG Spectrix S40G Review The ADATA XPG Spectrix S40 is an unapologetically bright RGB-lit M.2 SSD that blings up your PC. Its 4K read and write speeds should keep most gamers happy, too. 4.5

22: Intel SSD 670p

Avg. Expert Score (5 Reviews)

Mar 05, 2021 · The Intel SSD 670p is a four-lane PCI Express 3.0 drive, though you'd be forgiven for forgetting that after our benchmarks. It's an M.2 Type-2280 (80mm long) design, employing the NVMe protocol...

23: Kingston KC2000

Avg. Expert Score (14 Reviews)

2019-05-20 · Kingston’s KC2000 is available in capacities of 250GB through 2TB at roughly $0.20 to $0.25-per-GB. Sequential performance weighs in at up to 3.2/2.2 GB/s of read/write throughput, while 4K ...

-- tomshardware.com

24: WD Blue SN500

Avg. Expert Score (15 Reviews)

Jul 22, 2019 · WD’s Blue SN500 comes in two capacities of 250GB and 500GB priced at $54.99 and $77.99, respectively. The 500GB SSD delivers up to 1.7/1.45 GB/s read/write as well as up to 275,000/300,000 read ...

-- tomshardware.com

25: WD Blue SN550

Avg. Expert Score (10 Reviews)

2020-08-17 · True to its name, WD’s Blue SN550 comes with a blue PCB, in a single-sided M.2 2280 form factor, so it can fit in even the thinnest of devices. WD’s product team are fairly tight-lipped on...

-- tomshardware.com

26: Samsung SSD 980

Avg. Expert Score (12 Reviews)

Mar 31, 2021 · The Samsung 980 SSD is effectively an acknowledgement that we’re in a transitional period where not everyone has or needs a PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD. The Samsung 980 Pro covered the high end of the M.2 SSD...

-- techradar.com

27: SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD

Avg. Expert Score (16 Reviews)

Feb 25, 2020 · The SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD is the fastest writer we've seen by far. It's IP55-rated to fend off dust and water, affordable for its ilk, and we even like the looks. Unless you want the...

28: Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch

Avg. Expert Score (12 Reviews)

Feb 05, 2020 · Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch review: Faster, and now with fingerprint security This successor to the T5 is thinner and faster and adds a fingerprint scanner, but without adding much to the price.

29: WD Black P50 Game Drive SSD

Avg. Expert Score (13 Reviews)

Jun 18, 2020 · the P50 Black Game Drive SSD isn’t as fast a writer as the FireCuda Gaming SSD, but it’s a better writer. Niether drive is the champ when it comes to 10Gbps performance. In our real-world 48GB...

30: ADATA XPG Gammix S50 Lite

Avg. Expert Score (9 Reviews)

Oct 26, 2020 · Adata’s XPG Gammix S50 Lite is a mainstream M.2 NVMe SSD that serves up intro-level PCIe 4.0 performance for those looking for a taste of what the standard has to offer but don’t want to splurge on...

-- tomshardware.com

31: SK Hynix Gold P31

Avg. Expert Score (10 Reviews)

Jul 07, 2021 · The new SK Hynix Gold P31, reviewed here in 1TB spec, bucks the trend by not conforming to the latest, fastest, and funkiest solid-state drives that use quad-lane PCI Express 4.0 connections - all...

-- gamesradar.com

32: ADATA SE900G External SSD

Avg. Expert Score (8 Reviews)

May 11, 2021 · The ADATA SE900G External SSD (starts at $99.99 for 500GB; $289 for the 2TB version we tested) will help brighten up any gamer's setup with a gorgeous RGB lighting display. The drive is capable of ...

33: TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440

Avg. Expert Score (5 Reviews)

Jun 25, 2021 · TeamGroup T-Force Cardea A440 2TB M.2 SSD Review TeamGroup adds a new SSD to the Cardea family. This one delivers over 7000 MB/s throughput and stays nice and cool while doing so.

-- tweaktown.com

34: LaCie Rugged SSD Pro

Avg. Expert Score (10 Reviews)

Jun 24, 2020 · The Bottom Line The LaCie Rugged SSD Pro external drive is designed for professional videographers and others who work in the field with Thunderbolt 3-equipped computers (most often Macs). Small,...

35: TeamGroup T-Force Cardea Zero Z440

Avg. Expert Score (6 Reviews)

Jun 24, 2020 · The T-Force Cardea Zero Z440 ($249 for the 1TB version tested here) is memory maker TeamGroup's first dance with the PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 specification of internal M.2 SSDs, and if we had to...

36: Samsung Portable SSD T7

Avg. Expert Score (11 Reviews)

Dec 04, 2020 · The T7 is minuscule compared with any portable hard drive, and it's similar in size to the smallest external SSDs, including the T7 Touch, the Thunderbolt-based Samsung Portable SSD X5, the ADATA...

37: Silicon Power US70

Avg. Expert Score (11 Reviews)

Jun 23, 2021 · The strong point of Silicon Power's US70, a PCI Express 4.0 M.2 SSD, is that it's rated to stand up to extensive write activity. It proved reasonably fast at file transfers, though its program ...

38: Seagate FireCuda 510

Avg. Expert Score (11 Reviews)

Available in capacities of 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB, Seagate's FireCuda 510 is available with enough capacity for most users. However, at roughly $0.18-$0.20 per GB, the FireCuda 510 comes at a premium ...

-- tomshardware.com

39: ADATA SE800

Avg. Expert Score (9 Reviews)

Small, light, and fast. Highly durable. Reasonable cost per gigabyte. USB-C and USB-A cables included.

40: Addlink S70

Avg. Expert Score (9 Reviews)

2020-02-25 · The Addlink S70 is a PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0, four-lane NVMe SSD. It's based on a second-generation, 64-layer 3D triple-layer-cell (TLC) NAND manufacturing process. (Check out our SSD dejargonizer...

41: Crucial X8

Avg. Expert Score (12 Reviews)

Sep 29, 2020 · Crucial’s is introducing the X8 at popular capacities of 500GB and 1TB to start and current street prices are $119.99 and $164.99, respectively. The drive utilizes a USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C ...

-- tomshardware.com

42: Seagate FireCuda 520

Avg. Expert Score (11 Reviews)

Jan 15, 2020 · Seagate’s FireCuda 520 looks great. The drive comes in an M.2 2280 double-sided form factor, meaning that it has components on both sides of the PCB. The drive also has a black PCB so it doesn’t...

-- tomshardware.com

43: WD My Passport SSD (2020)

Avg. Expert Score (9 Reviews)

Generous five-year warranty Attractive design Compact and very light Solid read and write speeds 256-bit AES hardware encryption

44: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro

Avg. Expert Score (11 Reviews)

Apr 04, 2019 · ADATA's XPG SX8200 Pro offers on-point—which is to say, fast—speeds for a PCI Express M.2 SSD at its price. It's a strong value pick in the NVMe drive space. Get Our Best Stories! Sign up for...

45: Corsair Force Series MP600

Avg. Expert Score (6 Reviews)

2020-06-23 · The Corsair Force Series MP600 is a PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD, based on a second-generation, 64-layer 3D TLC NAND manufacturing process. (Check out our SSD dejargonizer to make sense of all that.) This...

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