Much faster than hdd

Not a top speed performer

If you're looking to win throughput benchmarks, then move on. If you're looking for a vast improvement in speed on your older laptop or desktop, this is the drive. Pretty solid after a few months. It's turned some nearly unusable old hardware into fairly capable workstations. No heat, no noise, so far no problem.

Great price Reliable Longevity

Not the best performance

This drive ranks as one of the more long-lived SSDs. It lacks the performance stats of the Samsung, but for most people, even gamers, there is no noticeable difference. I am giving it 5 Stars because every once in a while I get a drive that simply loses its entire file system. In this case I have simply reinstalled, restored data from a backup and I've never seen one repeat this behaviour. Odd, and inconvenient, but not the end of the world, and worth the savings.