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Gordon got his hands on the first available PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD and put it through a lot of testing to see just how much better it is versus other generations of SSDs. The model used was a Gigabyte Aurous Gen5 10000 and it was tested against an SK hynix Platinum P41, XPG Atom 50, SK hynix Gold P31, Samsung 870 QVO, Western Digital WD Red, and an Intel Optane 905P. Which is the best SSD? Does Optane compete? Is it time to upgrade from SATA? Read about more about PCIe 5.0 SSDs: https://www.pcworld.com/article/1676119/5-reasons-to-switch-to-a-bleeding-edge-pcie-5-0-ssd-and-5-reasons-not-to.html Buy PCWorld merch: https://crowdmade.com/collections/pcworld Follow PCWorld for all things PC! ------------------------------­---- SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/pcworld?sub_confirmation=1 TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/pcworldus TWITTER: https://www.twitter.com/pcworld WEBSITE: http://www.pcworld.com #ssd #nvme #review 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Testing Parameters 01:51 - CrystalDiskMark Default Profile Read Results 02:50 - Testing Explanation 05:21 - CrystalDiskMark Default Profile Write Results 07:02 - CrystalDiskMark Real-World Profile Read Results 10:58 - CrystalDiskMark Real-world Profile Write Results 12:26 - ezIOMeter Results 15:01 - PCMark 10 Storage Results 18:35 - 3DMark Storage Results 19:53 - AJA System Test Results 22:29 - Forspoken DirectStorage Results 23:18 - DirectStorage Bulk Load Results 24:10 - PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD Cooling Results 29:22 - Conclusion