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Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
 
 
NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
PM me for any changes.
Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
 

Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
 
 
NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
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Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
 

I have listed it this way, because from the POV of a newbie, they are likely to not know the difference between SLC, MLC, TLC and QLC.

Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
 
 
NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
PM me for any changes.
Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
 

Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
 
 
NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
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Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
 

Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
 
 
NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
PM me for any changes.
Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
 

Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
 
 
NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
PM me for any changes.
Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
 

There you go...
 
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Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
 
 
NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
PM me for any changes.
Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
 

Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
 
 
NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
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Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
 

I have listed it this way, because from the POV of a newbie, they are likely to not know the difference between SLC, MLC, TLC and QLC.

Don't worry, I'll update it.

Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
 
 
NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
PM me for any changes.
Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
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@VEXICUS I see the Neo-Forza NFS01 is C-Tier, the NFS06 is B Tier, is it safe to say the NFS10 a step up from the 06? (maybe not a whole tier, just technically better specced?)

Tier D, maybe C. P5 Plus is better.
It is better, It's a solid 1st gen PCI-E 4 drive based on Phison's reference design. Solid controller, good SSD.

Yes. And yes it is.
 

Go with crucial mx500 / 860evo / 870evo

Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
 
 
NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
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Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
 

Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
Make Ctrl + F your Best Friend...
 
 
NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
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Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
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Welcome to the SSD tier list.
 
SSD or Solid State Drive is a storage device containing non-volatile flash memory, used in place of hard drive because of its much greater speed. Unlike a hard drive, a solid state drive doesnt have any moving parts. It has two main components - A flash controller and  NAND flash memory chips.
More information on solid state drives can be had from here..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive
 
This guide differentiates SSDs in different tiers based on their DWPD, sustained writes, controllers and NAND types.
 
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NOTE - MANY MANUFACTURERS ARE REPLACING THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SSDS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) WITH INFERIOR COMPONENTS WITHOUT INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS LIST IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS (CONTROLLERS & NAND FLASH) THAT THE SSD CAME WITH  AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
 
 
NVMe
 
Tier S (Ultra High-end)
ADATA - Legend 970 (Phison E26) Apacer - AS2280F4 (Phison E26), AS2280F5 (Phison E26) CFD Gaming - PG5NFZ (Phison E26) Corsair - MP700 (Phison E26), MP700 Pro (Phison E26) Crucial - T700 (Phison E26) Galax - HOF 5.0 Extreme (Phison E26) Gigabyte - Gen5 AORUS 10000 (Phison E26), Gen5 AORUS 12000 (Phison E26) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate (Phison E26) Inland - TD510 (Phison E26) KLEVV - CRAS C950 (Phison E26) LENOVO - SL7000 50E C950 (Phison E26) MSI - M570 Pro (Phison E26), M570 (Phison E26) Neo Forza - NFP455 (Phison E26) Nextorage - NE5N (Phison E26), NN5Pro (Phison E26) Patriot - PV553 (Phison E26) Sabrent - Rocket X5 (Phison E26) Seagate - FireCuda 540 (Phison E26) Team - Z540 (Phison E26) Zadak - TWSG5 (Phison E26)  
Tier A (Upper High-end)
Acer - GM7000 (InnoGrit IG5236) ADATA - S70 / S70 Blade (InnoGrit IG5236), XPG Sage (InnoGrit IG5236), Premium (InnoGrit IG5236), Legend 960 / Max (SMI SM2264), XPG Indigo (SMI SM2264) Addlink - S95 (Phison E18), A95 (Phison E18) Apacer - AS2280Q4U (Phison E18) Asgard - AN4 (InnoGrit IG5236) Asus - Strix SQ7 (Phison E18) Corsair - MP600 Pro (Phison E18), MP600 Pro Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT (Phison E18), MP600 Pro XT Hydro X (Phison E18), MP600 Pro NH (Phison E18), MP600 Pro LPX (Phison E18), Fantom - VENOM8 (Phison E18) Galax - HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18) Gigabyte - Gen4 AORUS v2 / Premium (Phison E18) Goodram - IRDM Pro (Phison E18) HP - FX900 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Inland - Performance Plus (Phison E18), Gaming Performance Plus (Phison E18) Kingspec - KC Kingston - KC3000 (Phison E18), Fury Renegade (Phison E18) KLEVV - CRAS C920 (Phison E18) Lexar - NM800 (InnoGrit IG5236) MSI - M480 (Phison E18) Mushkin - GAMMA (Phison E18), Redline Vortex (InnoGrit IG5236) Neo Forza - NFP400 (InnoGrit IG5236) Netac - NV7000 (Phison E18) Nextorage - NEM-PA (Phison E18) Patriot - Viper VP4300 (InnoGrit IG5236) Plextor - M10P (InnoGrit IG5236) PNY - CS3140 (Phison E18) Sabrent - Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus (8TB) (Phison E18), Rocket 4 Plus-G (Phison E18) Samsung - 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis) Seagate - FireCuda 530 (Phison E18) Silicon Power - XS70 (Phison E18) SK Hynix - Platinum P41 (Aries) Solidigm - P44 Pro (Aries) Team Group - Cardea A440 Pro (Phison E18), Cardea A440 (Phison E18), G70 (InnoGrit IG5236), G70 Pro (InnoGrit IG5236) Toshiba / Kioxia - Exercia Pro (Phison E18) Western Digital - Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), Black SN850X (WD Proprietary) Zadak - TWSG4 (Phison E18)  
Tier B (Lower High-end)
ADATA - S50 (Phison E16) Addlink - S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16) Apacer - AS2280Q4 (Phison E16) Corsair - MP600 (Phison E16), MP600 Core (Phison E16) Crucial - P5 Plus (Micron DMO2A1) Essencore - ECT455 (Phison E16) Galax - HOF 4.0 (Phison E16) Gigabyte - AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16) Goodram - IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16) Inland - Performance (Phison E16) KingMax - PX4480 (Phison E16) MSI - Lightning (Phison E16), M470 (Phison E16), M471 (Phison E16) Mushkin - EON Pro (SMI SM2264), DELTA (Phison E16) Patriot - Viper VP4100 (Phison E16) PNY - CS3040 (Phison E16), CS4040 (Phison E16) Sabrent - Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16) Samsung - 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix) Seagate - FireCuda 520 (Phison E16) Silicon Power - US70 (Phison E16) Team Group - Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16), T-Create Classic (Phison E16), Cardea Z44Q (Phison E16)  
Tier C (Upper Mid-end)
Acer - GM3500 (SMI SM2262EN) ADATA - SX8200 Pro v1 (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), XPG Pearl (SMI SM2267), Legend 840* (InnoGrit IG5220) Addlink - S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12) Apacer - AS2280P4U (Phison E12), AS2280P4U Pro (Phison E12) Asgard - AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P) Asura - Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12) Corsair - MP510 (Phison E12) Crucial - P5 (Micron DMO1B2) Digifast - Ace (Phison E12) Galax - HOF (Phison E12) Gigabyte - AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12) Hikvision - C2000 (Phison E12) HP - EX950 (SMI SM2262EN) Inland - Premium (Phison E12), Prime (Phison E15T) KingMax - PX3480 (Phison E12) Kingston - KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN) LiteOn - MU X1 (Phison E12) Mushkin - Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN), EON (SMI SM2267), Tempest* (InnoGrit IG5216) MyDigitalSSD - BPX Pro (Phison E12) Patriot - Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12) Pioneer - APS-SE20G (Phison E12) Plextor - M10e* (SMI SM2267XT) PNY - CS3030 (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket (Phison E12) Samsung - 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris) SanDisk - Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12) Silicon Power - P34A80 V1 (Phison E12) SK Hynix - Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus) Team Group - Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN), T-Create Expert (SMI SM2262EN), Z44L* (Phison E19T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RD500 (Phison E12S), Excercia Plus (Phison E12S) Transcend - SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN), SSD 240S (SMI SM2267) Western Digital - Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (Phison E19T) Zadak - Spark (Phison E12)  
Tier D (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX8200 Pro v2 (SMI SM2262G), SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267) Corsair - MP400 (Phison E12S)  Drevo - D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262) Foresee - P800 (Marvell 88SS1092)  HP- EX920 (SMI SM2262) Inland - Platinum (Phison E12S) Intel - 760p (SMI SM2262), 670p (SMI SM2265) KLEVV - KRAS C720 (Phison E12S) Lexar - NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092) MSI - M390* (Phison E15T) Mushkin - Pilot (SMI SM2262), Alpha (Phison E12S) Pioneer - APS-SE20Q (Phison E12) Plextor - M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093), M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092)  PNY - CS2130 (Phison E12S) Sabrent - Rocket Q (Phison E12S) Samsung - 950 Pro (Samsung UBX), 980* (Samsung Pablo), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris) Silicon Power - UD70 (Phison E12S), XD70 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V2 (Phison E12S), P34A80 V3 (SMI SM2262ENG) Team Group - MP34Q (Phison E12S) Western Digital - SN570* (WD Proprietary), SN750 SE* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier E (Budget)
Acer - FA100* (InnoGrit IG5216) ADATA - SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), S20G* (Realtek RTS5763DL) Addlink - S68* (Phison E13T) Asgard - AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) Biostar - M700* (SMI SM2263XT) Colorful - CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) Corsair - MP500 (Phison E7) Crucial - P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) Gigabyte - NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) Greenliant - ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) Goodram - PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) HP - EX900* (SMI SM2263XT), EX900 Pro (SMI SM2263) Inland - Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) Intel - 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263) Kingston - A2000 (SMI SM2263), NV1* (SMI SM2263XT) KLEVV - KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) Lexar - NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT), NM620* (InnoGrit IG5216) MSI - M370* (Phison E13T) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T) Orico - V500* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) SanDisk - Ultra* (WD Proprietary), Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary) Seagate - BarraCuda Q5* (Phison E13T) Silicon Power - P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT) TC SUNBOW - NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT) Team Group - MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T), T-Create Classic* (Phison E13T) Toshiba / Kioxia - RC500 (Phison E12S), Excercia (Phison E12C) Transcend - SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT) Verbatim - Vi3000* (Phison E13T) Western Digital - SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)[1], SN350* (WD Proprietary)  
Tier F (OKAYish)
ADATA - SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260) Apacer - AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) Corsair - MP300 (Phison E8) Gigabyte - NVMe* (Phison E8T)  Inland - Basic* (Phison 8T), Professional (Phison E8) Kingston - A1000 (Phison E8) Lexar - NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8) Mushkin - Enhanced Helix-LT* (SMI 2263XT) MyDigitalSSD - SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T) Patriot - Scorch (Phison E8) Silicon Power - P32A80* (Phison 8T) Team Group - MP32 (Phison E8)  
 
SATA
 
Tier A (High-end)
Samsung - 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX) Seagate - Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)  
Tier B (Mid-end)
ADATA - SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ) Addlink - S20 (Phison S10) Corsair - Neutron XTi (Phison S10) Crucial - MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189) Gigabyte - UD Pro (Phison S10) HP - S700 Pro (SMI SM2258) Intel - 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258) Kingdian - S280 (SMI SM2258) Kingston - KC600 (SMI SM2259), UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074) KLEVV - NX500 (SMI SM2258), NEO N610 (SMI SM2258)  Lexar - NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258) Micron - 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074) Mushkin - Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)  MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10) Neo Forza - NFS06 (SMI SM2258) Patriot - P220 (Phison S12) Plextor - M8V / M8VG (SMI SM2258), M8V Plus (SMI SM2258)   PNY - CS1311 (Phison S10) Samsung - 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 870 EVO (Samsung MKX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX) Sandisk - Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Barracuda (Phison S10), Barracuda 120 (Phison S12) SK Hynix - Gold S31 (Quartz SH87830CC), SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB) Team Group - L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)  Toshiba - Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00) Transcend - SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258) Western Digital - Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074), SA500 / Red (Marvell 88SS1074)  
 
Tier C (Budget)
Acer - SA100* (Maxio MAS0902A) ADATA - SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281) Addlink - S20M* (Maxio MAS080X), S22* (Phison S11T) Colorful - SL500* (SMI SM2258XT) Crucial - BX500* (SMI SM2258XT / SMI SM229XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189) Drevo - X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT) Gigabyte - SSD* (Phison S11) HP - S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT), S750* (SMI SM2259XT) KingDian - S280 (SMI SM2258) KingSpec - P4* (Maxio MAS0902A) Kingston - UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281), Q500* (Phison S11T) Lexar - NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120), NQ100* (Marvell 88NV1120) Maxtor - Z1* (Phison S11) Mushkin - Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT), Raw* (SMI SM2259XT), Source II* (SMI SM2258XT) Neo Forza - NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT) Patriot - Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT), P210* (SMI SM2259XT) Pioneer - APS-SL3* (Phison S11) Plextor - S3C/G (SMI SM2254)  PNY - CS900* (Phison S11), CS2311* (Phison S11), CS2040* (Phison S11) Sandisk - Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175) Silicon Power - S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11) TC SUNBOW - X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT] Team Group - Elite GX1* (Phison S11), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT), EX2* (SMI SM2258XT), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Toshiba - TR200* (Phison S11), Exercia* (Phison S11T) Transcend - SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500),  
Tier D (OKAYish)
ADATA - SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A) Addlink - S22* (Phison S11T) HP - S600* (Marvell 88NV1120) Hyundai - Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120) Inland - Professional* (Phison S11) KingDian - S400* (SMI SM2258XT) Kingston - A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T) Sandisk - SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S) Team Group - L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11) Western Digital - Green* (SMI SM2258XT)  
 
EXTERNAL
 
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Patriot - EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)  
Tier B (High-end)
HP - P800* (SMI SM2263) [1] LaCie - Rugged SSD (Phison E12) Sabrent - Rocket Pro (Phison E12) Western Digital - P50 (WD Proprietary)  
Tier C (Mid-end)
ADATA - SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SE800* (Innogrit IG5208)  HP - P700* (SMI SM2263) Lexar - SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160)  Mushkin - CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT) Orico - GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) Patriot - PXD* (Phison E13T) PNY - Pro Elite (Phison E8) Sabrent - Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) Samsung - T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo) Sandisk - Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074) Seagate - Fast SSD (Phison S10) Team Group - PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT) Transcend - ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT) Western Digital - My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)  
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
ADATA - SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258) Buffalo - SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10) HP - P600* (SMI SM2258XT) LaCie - Portable SSD (Phison S10) Lexar - SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120) Mushkin - Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT) PNY - Elite* (Phison S11) Seagate - One Touch SSD (Phison S10) Silicon Power - Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT) Team Group - PD400 (SMI SM2258)  
PM me for any changes.
Updated - 04/02/2024
 
 
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