28 MACWORLD JANUARY 2022
MACUSER REVIEW: SANDISK G-DRIVE SSDmmmmh
SanDisk G-Drive SSD
PROS- Fastest USB 10Gbps drive
to date. - IP67 rated against dust
and water. - Stylish.
- The same or lower-priced
than the competition.
CONS - None to speak of.
PRICE
$150
COMPANY
SanDisk
more like what you’ll see on an Intel Mac or
a PC. They’re also in line with WD’s claims
and faster than the competition. Indeed,
they’re the fastest we’ve seen
from a 10Gbps USB SSD.
The G-Drive SSD
outpaced the competition by
a substantial margin in our
48GB real-world transfer
tests, and by a rather large
margin. That was an
unexpected but pleasant
surprise. Note that one drive
is the previous fastest
external USB we’d seen from
SanDisk, the Extreme Portable
Pro (fave.co/3D7Asrb).
The G-Drive SSD was tied in this test with the
Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSD, but bested
the others.450GB WriteSHORTER SCORES ARE BETTER764
872
974SanDisk G-Drive SSD SanDisk Extreme Portable Pro SSD
LaCie Portable SSD Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSD764450GB WRITE
SecondsThe G-Drive SSD was also fast writing
our single 450GB file to its cells. It easily
bested the Extreme Portable Pro and the
recently reviewed LaCie Portable SSD
(fave.co/3ob7MJJ), but was tied by the
Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSD (fave.
co/3Ei4TMP). The pace was also very
consistent, never slowing
down once during the entire
450GB write.VERDICT
The SanDisk Professional
G-Drive SSD is the cream of
the portable 10Gbps USB crop.
It’s a bit larger than some, and
perhaps not as sexy as others,
but it’s the fastest, the most
affordable from a brand vendor,
and one of the few that sports
an IP67 rating. Nice. ■CrystalDiskMark 6 thought highly of the
G-Drive SSD, though it’s a relatively tight
contest.
Sequential WriteQ =32, T=1HIGHER SCORES ARE BETTER1,038
1,033
922SanDisk G-Drive SSD SanDisk Extreme Portable Pro SSD
LaCie Portable SSD Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSD1,042
Sequential ReadQ =32, T=1 1,064
1,044
1,007
973CRYSTALDISKMARK 6
MBps