PCIe 5.0 x4 Interface — 7 SSDs Compared

Decision table

PCIe 5.0 x4 Interface: which one for what?

The 7 models on this page are scored only against each other, for the use you pick. Scores come from the spec sheets; no price and no advertising go in.

What will you use it for? Gaming Content Creation Work / Productivity Value for Money

Leads for Gaming: WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB91%

Leads for Content Creation: WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB83%

Leads for Work / Productivity: Corsair MP700 2TB74%

Leads for Value for Money: Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB56%

#4#6#7#7
Crucial T705 1TBCrucial
1 TB · PCIe 5.0 x4 · 13600 MB/s
74% 66% 62% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- PCIe 5
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Work / Productivity
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#7#7#6#6
Corsair MP700 1TBCorsair
1 TB · PCIe 5.0 x4 · 9500 MB/s
66% 63% 64% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- PCIe 5
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Work / Productivity
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#3#3#5#5
Crucial T705 2TBCrucial
2 TB · PCIe 5.0 x4 · 14500 MB/s
79% 74% 67% 51%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 14500 MB/s sequential read
- 1550K IOPS random read
- PCIe 5
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 12700 MB/s sequential write
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Work / Productivity
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#5#5#1#3
Corsair MP700 2TBCorsair
2 TB · PCIe 5.0 x4 · 10000 MB/s
71% 71% 74% 51%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- PCIe 5
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Work / Productivity
- 1400 TBW endurance
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#6#4#4#4
Crucial T700 2TBCrucial
2 TB · PCIe 5.0 x4 · 12400 MB/s
70% 72% 67% 51%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- PCIe 5
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Work / Productivity
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#1#1#3#2
WD_BLACK SN8100 2TBSanDisk
2000 · PCIe 5.0 x4 · 14900 MB/s
91% 83% 72% 56%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 14900 MB/s sequential read
- 2300K IOPS random read
- PCIe 5
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 14000 MB/s sequential write
- Current model — 17 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Work / Productivity
- Current model — 17 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 17 months on the market
#2#2#2#1
Samsung 9100 PRO 2TBSamsung
2 TB · PCIe 5.0 x4 · 14700 MB/s
87% 81% 72% 56%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 14700 MB/s sequential read
- 1850K IOPS random read
- PCIe 5
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 13400 MB/s sequential write
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Work / Productivity
- Current model — 19 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 19 months on the market