Let's do a synthetic test with Sandra, just to see if we can match the results we've seen in HD Tach. What SANDRA also does (important for an HDD) is to test at several positions of the HD. See, at ...

In 2025, your choice of storage is no longer speed vs size, it’s about matching the right tool to the right task. Solid State Drives (SSDs) are the king of speed, silence and durability and Hard Disk ...

Surprising results show that HDDs may not be the energy hogs many thought them to be. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Testing by ...

When it comes to storage devices such as HDDs and SSDs that store data on a PC, capacity is important, but speed is even more important. Even if you are using a large-capacity storage device, if the ...

A hot potato: With the rise of blazing fast NVMe SSDs, storage has become another PC component that needs dedicated cooling. Recent tests of two new PCIe 5.0 models show precisely why: they reach ...

Storage devices have gotten really fast lately, with the fastest PCIe 5.0 SSDs getting over 14GB/s in reads and writes, but that's nothing compared to a Ryzen CPU with 3D V-Cache. Tested by hardware ...