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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
 
 
CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE
 

I can speak for the Acer Helios 300, as a good machine. I`m focused on several Acer laptop forums & the issues these machines have seem random & more likely user caused than major manufacturing , persistent, issues. I myself still have an old 300 with a 1060, and it works  with no issues. 
 
I do believe howerver, 2k+ for a laptop is to overkill though, as performance per $ goes down hard, and desktop path starts to show a 50%+ performance increase or more, if followed.
 
Since you will fork so much money in this though, buy the latest stuff at least. Don`t throw 2k in obsolete parts.
And avoid HDDs. 
 

I develop on my laptop from time to time, and I personally would stay away from any "U" series CPU in a mobile development workstation.
 
My laptop has an i7-9750H and I'm pretty happy with it's performance when I need to work on it. Of the options you've listed I'd say the ASUS G731 looks the best from a cost vs performance perspective. But a little lite on storage compared to either Lenovo.

Buy that one