SSD tier list and rankings
825 consumer drives · 0 enterprise drives · 153 with current offers in Canada · The snapshot is when this market was assembled. Each source and each offer keeps its own check time, shown in your time zone. An offer that stops appearing stays listed as last seen, outside current prices and Value.Sources refreshed · 1/1 within 24 h
This SSD tier list ranks every model we can grade, scenario by scenario. A grade from S to F says how well the hardware handles the job, and # is its place among the models ranked for that scenario. Price is left out of every grade; Value and the current market sit on the right. Click a column to sort by it.
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S ExceptionalA ExcellentB GoodC UsableD LimitedF Not suitable How grades are set →
825 models · 153 with current offers
| By job · price excluded | Market · today | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Digital Black SN8100 w Heatsink 1TB | S#1 | B#351 | S#41 | — | No current offer |
| Western Digital Black SN8100 2TB | S#2 | A#126 | S#1 | — | No current offer |
| Western Digital Black SN8100 1TB | S#3 | B#354 | S#43 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T710 1TB | S#4 | B#355 | S#5 | 100 | from CAD 350 · 1 offer |
| Western Digital Black SN8100 w Heatsink 4TB | S#5 | S#28 | S#3 | — | No current offer |
| Western Digital SN8100 4TB | S#6 | S#119 | S#50 | 77 | from CAD 1,050 · 1 offer |
| Western Digital Black SN8100 8TB | S#7 | S#19 | S#15 | — | No current offer |
| Western Digital Black SN8100 w Heatsink 2TB | S#8 | A#344 | S#51 | — | No current offer |
| Western Digital Black SN8100 w Heatsink 8TB | S#9 | S#20 | S#16 | — | No current offer |
| Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB | S#10 | S#2 | S#8 | 56 | from CAD 3,700 · 1 offer |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 4.096 TB | S#11 | S#24 | S#2 | — | No current offer |
| Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB w Heatsink | S#12 | S#3 | S#12 | — | No current offer |
| Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB | S#13 | S#85 | S#13 | 65 | from CAD 1,850 · 1 offer |
| Samsung 9100 PRO w Heatsink 4TB | S#14 | S#86 | S#14 | — | No current offer |
| Samsung 9100 PRO w Heatsink 2TB | S#15 | A#133 | S#9 | — | No current offer |
| Samsung 9100 PRO 2TB | S#16 | A#146 | S#10 | 79 | from CAD 802 · 1 offer |
| Samsung 9100 PRO w Heatsink 1TB | S#17 | B#367 | S#11 | — | No current offer |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 2TB | S#18 | A#151 | S#4 | — | No current offer |
| MSI SPATIUM M580 FROZR 2TB | S#19 | A#147 | S#21 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T705 2TB | S#20 | A#139 | S#20 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T705 W Heatsink Limited Edition 2TB | S#21 | A#152 | S#22 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T710 2TB | S#22 | A#199 | S#6 | 89 | from CAD 630 · 1 offer |
| Crucial T710 4TB | S#23 | S#57 | S#7 | — | No current offer |
| Gigabyte AORUS 14000 4TB | S#24 | S#30 | S#23 | — | No current offer |
| MSI SPATIUM M580 FROZR 4TB | S#25 | S#69 | S#24 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-Force GE PRO AirFlow 1TB | S#26 | B#352 | S#42 | — | No current offer |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO 2TB | S#27 | A#129 | S#17 | — | No current offer |
| ADATA MARS 980 BLADE 1TB | S#28 | B#356 | S#61 | — | No current offer |
| ADATA XPG MARS 980 STORM 2TB | S#29 | A#141 | S#18 | — | No current offer |
| Corsair MP700 PRO SE 4TB | S#30 | S#26 | S#25 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-Force GE PRO AirFlow 2TB | S#31 | A#143 | S#35 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-Force GE PRO Graphene 4TB | S#32 | S#27 | S#36 | — | No current offer |
| Lexar NM1090 w Heatsink 2TB | S#33 | A#150 | S#19 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-Force GE PRO AirFlow 4TB | S#34 | S#29 | S#37 | — | No current offer |
| Lexar NM990 2TB | S#35 | A#153 | S#62 | — | No current offer |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO 1TB | S#36 | B#376 | S#63 | — | No current offer |
| Corsair MP700 PRO SE Air Cooler 2TB | S#37 | A#182 | S#27 | 80 | from CAD 630 · 1 offer |
| Gigabyte AORUS 14000 2TB | S#38 | A#204 | S#28 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T705 1TB PCIe with Heatsink | S#39 | B#350 | S#52 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T705 1TB W Heatsink | S#40 | B#359 | S#53 | — | No current offer |
| Gigabyte AORUS 14000 1TB | S#41 | B#374 | S#54 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T705 4TB | S#42 | S#55 | S#55 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T705 2TB · with heatsink | S#43 | A#198 | S#56 | 64 | from CAD 761 · 1 offer |
| Crucial T705 W Heatsink 4TB | S#44 | S#56 | S#57 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-Force GE PRO AirFlow 8TB | S#45 | S#4 | S#47 | — | No current offer |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 1.024 TB | S#46 | B#396 | S#26 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-Force GC PRO 2TB | S#47 | A#145 | S#46 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-Force GC PRO 4TB | S#48 | S#32 | S#48 | — | No current offer |
| Patriot Viper PV553 2TB | S#49 | A#127 | S#29 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T700 4TB | S#50 | S#22 | S#30 | — | No current offer |
| Corsair MP700 PRO w Heatsink 2TB | S#51 | A#132 | S#31 | — | No current offer |
| Corsair MP700 PRO 4TB | S#52 | S#23 | S#32 | — | No current offer |
| Gigabyte AORUS 12000 2TB | S#53 | A#134 | S#33 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-Force Cardea Z540 2TB | S#54 | A#137 | S#34 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T700 W Heatsink 4TB | S#55 | S#31 | S#38 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T700 W Heatsink 2TB | S#56 | A#197 | S#39 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-Force Cardea Z540 4TB | S#57 | S#104 | S#40 | — | No current offer |
| PNY CS3150 RGB 2TB | S#58 | A#135 | S#44 | — | No current offer |
| PNY CS3150 2TB | S#59 | A#144 | S#45 | — | No current offer |
| PNY CS3150 RGB 1TB | S#60 | B#480 | S#49 | — | No current offer |
| Corsair MP700 PRO w Heatsink 1TB | S#61 | B#358 | S#66 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T700 1TB | S#62 | B#360 | S#72 | 59 | from CAD 398 · 1 offer |
| Corsair MP700 PRO 1TB | S#63 | B#361 | S#67 | — | No current offer |
| Gigabyte AORUS 12000 1TB | S#64 | B#364 | S#73 | — | No current offer |
| Patriot Viper PV553 1TB | S#65 | B#365 | S#74 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-Force GE PRO Graphene 1TB | S#66 | B#368 | S#75 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-Force Cardea Z540 1TB | S#67 | B#373 | S#77 | — | No current offer |
| Corsair MP700 PRO 2TB | S#68 | A#181 | S#68 | 56 | from CAD 675 · 1 offer |
| Corsair MP700 PRO w Heatsink 4TB | S#69 | S#47 | S#69 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial T700 W Heatsink 1TB | S#70 | B#425 | S#78 | — | No current offer |
| PNY CS3150 1TB | S#71 | B#363 | S#85 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial P510 W Heatsink 1TB | S#72 | B#357 | S#71 | 66 | from CAD 280 · 1 offer |
| Crucial P510 1TB | S#73 | B#371 | S#76 | — | No current offer |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 2TB | S#74 | A#128 | S#79 | — | No current offer |
| PNY CS2150 2TB | S#75 | A#138 | S#81 | — | No current offer |
| PNY CS2150 1TB | S#76 | B#370 | S#92 | — | No current offer |
| ADATA LEGEND 970 2TB | S#77 | A#125 | S#58 | — | No current offer |
| Seagate FireCuda 540 2TB | S#78 | A#130 | S#59 | — | No current offer |
| Corsair MP700 Elite w Heatsink 2TB | S#79 | A#131 | S#82 | — | No current offer |
| TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GA PRO 1TB | S#80 | B#353 | S#83 | — | No current offer |
| Seagate FireCuda 540 w Heatsink 2TB | S#81 | A#136 | S#60 | — | No current offer |
| Gigabyte AORUS 10000 2TB | S#82 | A#140 | S#70 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial P510 W Heatsink 2TB | S#83 | A#148 | S#80 | — | No current offer |
| Corsair MP700 Elite 2TB | S#84 | A#149 | S#87 | — | No current offer |
| Corsair MP700 Elite 1TB | S#85 | B#411 | S#90 | — | No current offer |
| Crucial P510 2TB | S#86 | A#194 | S#91 | — | No current offer |
| MSI SPATIUM M570 HS 2TB | S#87 | A#231 | S#64 | — | No current offer |
| Seagate FireCuda 540 1TB | S#88 | B#513 | S#65 | — | No current offer |
| Corsair MP700 1TB | S#89 | B#362 | S#84 | — | No current offer |
| ADATA LEGEND 970 1TB | S#90 | B#369 | S#86 | — | No current offer |
| Gigabyte AORUS 10000 1TB | S#91 | B#375 | S#88 | — | No current offer |
| Corsair MP700 2TB | S#92 | A#180 | S#89 | — | No current offer |
| Sabrent Rocket 5 2TB | S#93 | A#258 | S#93 | — | No current offer |
| Sabrent Rocket 5 4TB | S#94 | S#79 | S#94 | — | No current offer |
| Lexar Professional NM800PRO 1TB | S#95 | B#453 | S#192 | — | No current offer |
| Lexar Professional NM800PRO 1TB w Heatsink | S#96 | B#454 | S#193 | — | No current offer |
| Lexar Professional NM800PRO 2TB | S#97 | A#222 | S#175 | — | No current offer |
| Lexar Professional NM800PRO 512GB | S#98 | C#618 | B#278 | — | No current offer |
| Lexar Professional NM800PRO w Heatsink 2TB | S#99 | A#223 | S#176 | — | No current offer |
| PNY XLR8 1TB | S#100 | B#483 | A#212 | — | No current offer |
How to read this list
- A grade is read from the model's own specifications against a fixed rubric for the scenario. Price, availability and the models around it play no part.
- # is the drive's place among the drives ranked for that scenario. Capacity matters to a grade only where the job needs it; filter by interface and form factor to see what fits your machine.
- Models without a current offer stay in the list: an older card is still a fair yardstick, and it is often what a used listing offers.
- Value and price come from today's offers in Canada. Sort by a scenario and Value follows that scenario's priorities.
What each scenario grades
System Drive
System Drive uses sequential read speed as a proxy for NVMe responsiveness, not a measured Windows or app loading time. The NVMe ladder starts at 1,500 MB/s for C, 3,000 for B, 4,500 for A and 6,500 for S. SATA drives use a separate rubric based on capacity and recorded DRAM cache: a drive with DRAM and at least 500 GB can reach A. Estimated speeds carry medium confidence. This grade does not measure random I/O, latency or performance after the write cache fills.
Game & File Storage
Storage grades capacity for game libraries and files, independently of interface speed and price. The capacity ladder is 250 GB for D, 500 GB for C, 1 TB for B, 2 TB for A and 4 TB for S. A large SATA drive can therefore rank well here while receiving a different System Drive or Creative grade. Check the physical format and interface for your machine; a capacity grade does not establish compatibility or reliability.
Heavy Creative Work
Creative uses recorded sequential write speed as a proxy, with capacity and rated write endurance (TBW) limiting the NVMe grade. Below 1 TB or 600 TBW, the grade is capped at B; below 300 TBW it is capped at C. SATA uses a separate capacity/endurance rubric and cannot exceed B. Estimated write speeds carry medium confidence. Rated throughput and TBW are specifications, not our sustained-write tests or a guarantee of service life; cache behaviour and thermal throttling are not measured by this grade.
From capability to a purchase
A grade answers "can it do the job". Whether today's price is good for what you get is a different question — the market answers it with Value under your own priorities.
Questions
What does a SSD tier list show?
It ranks every SSD model we can grade for each job, from S (exceptional) to F (not suitable), by reading its specifications against a fixed rubric. It shows how models compare in capability. It does not rank by price or name a best buy; for that, open the best list or the market page.
Does price affect a SSD grade?
No. Grades come from specifications against a fixed rubric per scenario, so a model gets the same grade whatever it costs. Price enters only in the Value and Price columns.
What does the # next to a grade mean?
Its place among every model ranked for that scenario: by grade first, then by measured capability. Sorting by another column does not change it.
Why are models that are not for sale included?
Capability does not depend on availability. Older models stay comparable for upgrades and used listings. Choose "With current offers" to keep only what is on the market in Canada today.