New
XG550 1TB SATA III
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor External
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 550 MB/s
NAND TLC
38 Overall Score
Price MX$2,500
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
- Below average speed (29th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
78/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 9 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | External |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 550 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | XG550 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T700 | Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | External | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 550 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XG550 | 28.5 | 22.9 | 52.5 | 55.3 | 43.7 | 14.5 | 58.4 | 63.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.2 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 5.6 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.5 | 99 | 90.8 | 92.5 | 0 | 93.3 | 87.2 | 7.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 87.7 | 96.5 | 94 | 98 | 0 | 88 | 95.3 | 4.1 |
| Crucial T700 Compare | 96.7 | 97.6 | 97.6 | 78.4 | 78.6 | 82.9 | 77.6 | 26.7 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 Compare | 92.8 | 96.8 | 77.8 | 92.5 | 0 | 95.6 | 77.6 | 7.7 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From MX$2,500
Amazon 1 offer From MX$2,500
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Usage Scores
- Overall38.4
- Budget76.4
- Gaming27.1
- Laptop20.4
- Console17.5
- Portable59.7
- Workstation35.1
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