Internal Storage Tier List

[NunoLava1998]

This is a tier list for internal storage drives, such as hard drives, solid state drives and 3D XPoint "Optane" drives.

This tier list does not represent user experience; I (quite obviously) have not tested any of these drives.

This tier list goes from A to C, where A is best and C is worst.

This tier list factors in 4KQ1T1 speeds, latency and overall cache.

Sequential Q32 is ignored completely, so expect to see some NVMe drives as the same category as some SATA drives.

 

Last Updated: 31 March 2019

Version: 1.2

 

SSDs

 

TIER A

Intel Optane 905P series

Intel Optane 900P series

Intel Optane 800P series

Intel Optane M10 series

Intel Optane Memory series

Intel 760p series

Samsung 970 PRO series

Samsung 970 EVO series

HP EX920 series

HP EX900 series

AData XPG SX8200 1TB

TIER B

AData XPG SX8200 256GB/512GB

Adata SU800 series

Intel 660p series

Intel 600p series

Kingston A1000 series

Intel 545s series

Intel 530 series

Samsung 860 PRO series

Samsung 860 EVO series

Samsung 860 QVO series

Crucial MX500 series

Crucial MX300 series

Crucial BX500 series

Patriot Burst series

TIER C

Adata SU650 series

Crucial BX300 series

Kingston A400 series

Kingston UV400 series

Kingston UV500 series

Intel 520 series

WD Blue series (SSD)

WD Green series (SSD)

 

HDDs

 

TIER A

WD Green series (HDD >16MB cache)

WD Blue series (HDD)

WD Purple series

WD Red series

WD Ultrastar series

Seagate Barracuda series

TIER B

WD Green series (HDD <16MB cache)

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[Hiya!]

ADATA SU650? it perform close better than A400

[NunoLava1998]

Just now, Hiya! said:

ADATA SU650? it perform close better than A400

Edited

[Fasauceome]

why not have separate lists for SSD to HDD? Obviously comparing the two is a bit silly, when an SSD outclasses a hard drive so vastly.

[NunoLava1998]

Just now, fasauceome said:

why not have separate lists for SSD to HDD? Obviously comparing the two is a bit silly, when an SSD outclasses a hard drive so vastly.

You are right, I'll make the huge text in the top of the post even bigger however. HDDs would be pretty stupid as a tier list considering it's an entire two tiers and everything performs just about the same except shitty wd greens

[danomicar]

Is this a tiered list of storage products in general? It's going to be 20 kilometres long once you add everything.

 

Why not separate into types of storage?

 

Also why is the Tier-ing S through D? That doesn't make any sense lol.

[NunoLava1998]

Just now, danomicar said:

Is this a tiered list of storage products in general? It's going to be 20 kilometres long once you add everything.

 

Why not separate into types of storage?

 

Also why is the Tier-ing S through D? That doesn't make any sense lol.

I would do S->F, but not enough tiers for that really. S is above A

HDDs are too short (lol 2 tiers) to make an individual tier list, so I just combined it.

[Fasauceome]

Just now, NunoLava1998 said:

You are right, I'll make the huge text in the top of the post even bigger however. HDDs would be pretty stupid as a tier list considering it's an entire two tiers and everything performs just about the same except shitty wd greens

In that case, maybe the only useful tier list is the SSD one, for the vast majority of users an HDD is an inconsequential afterthought. Having a "good, bad, and ugly" list separate from the SSDs could be more fun than practical.

[NunoLava1998]

Just now, fasauceome said:

In that case, maybe the only useful tier list is the SSD one, for the vast majority of users an HDD is an inconsequential afterthought. Having a "good, bad, and ugly" list separate from the SSDs could be more fun than practical.

Yeah, I'll separate it into two (one for SSDs and another for 1TB 5400RPM 8MB cache goodness such as WD Greens)

[LukeSavenije]

1 hour ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Intel 660p series

 

1 hour ago, NunoLava1998 said:

Crucial BX500 series

you're putting a tlc cached and nand cached qlc in the same tier?

 

i like the idea, but i would do some massive changes on it

 

happy to help tho

[NunoLava1998]

12 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

 

you're putting a tlc cached and nand cached qlc in the same tier?

 

i like the idea, but i would do some massive changes on it

 

happy to help tho

This only measures raw 4KQ1T1 in which they are within 10mbps of each other

[LukeSavenije]

28 minutes ago, NunoLava1998 said:

This only measures raw 4KQ1T1 in which they are within 10mbps of each other

oh really? interesting...

 

i would personally like a per sort category list, but that might be something personal