What Are Disk Speed Test Apps? Disk speed test apps help measure the overall speed and performance of a hard drive or solid-state drive (SSD) (internal or external) connected to a computer system.

Preliminary tests of the Crucial T700, Micron's first PCI Express 5.0 SSD, show it to be the new Gen 5 leader and the fastest SSD we have yet seen. Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, ...

The WD Black SN8100 (starts at $179.99 for 1TB, $279.99 for 2TB as tested) is the first WD-branded PCI Express 5.0 solid-state drive (SSD) to come to market, but it was well worth the wait. The SN8100 ...

Technology is constantly advancing and NVMe SSDs are no exception. Faster SSD read and write speeds mean faster load times in gaming and Sabrent has just announced its Rocket 5 Gen 5 SSD has hit over ...

The SSD is, undoubtedly, one of the best innovations for consumer storage systems there has been. SSD’s have a massive advantage over traditional platter-based HDD’s and you’d be hard-pressed to find ...

If you don't remember a time when SSDs didn't exist, it's easy to take for granted how much of a difference they make in modern gaming. Before the 2010s, HDDs, the mechanical predecessor of SSDs, were ...

The Storage Networking Industry Association this month announced the release of a specification that can be used to test the performance of consumer (client) solid-state drives (SSDs) regardless of ...

Apple fixed the slow storage speed that plagued M2 Macs on the M3 MacBook Air. Early testing indicates the entry-level M3 MacBook Air delivers significantly faster read/write speeds than its ...

While the new Mac mini with the M2 chip has a lower $599 starting price, the base model with 256GB of storage has slower SSD read and write speeds compared to the previous-generation model with the M1 ...

TL;DR: A report reveals Intel Core Ultra Series 200 CPUs with Z890 motherboards limit PCIe Gen5 M.2 SSD speeds to 12GB/s, below the 14GB/s potential, due to higher latency from the CPU's multi-chip ...