You don’t need a PCIe 5.0 SSD unless you say 'Yes' to these 3 questions

There’s a common misconception about PCIe 5.0 SSDs that since they’re the latest-generation SSD storage and boast faster speed and bandwidth compared to PCIe 4.0 SSD, anyone who gets one is going to experience a big uptick in PC performance.

That’s certainly not the case as we’ve shown by analyzing things like gaming performance . But there are a few exceptions to that rule. In fact, if any of the below statements are true for you, you may well have a justifiable reason for splurging out on a costly PCIe 5.0 SSD upgrade.

Am I working with large datasets?

Scientists and other professionals work with very large amounts of data — often terabytes but sometimes even petabytes in size.

PCIe 5.0 SSD doubles the bandwidth of PCIe 4.0 SSD delivering theoretical speeds of 14,000MB/s for read