The Turbometal Portable SSD is a rather inconspicuous USB4 drive, which is also due to the fact that the fan only starts up when it has to. The FAT32 file format used on delivery is somewhat surprising. However, this is irrelevant for Mac users, as it is recommended that drives are always formatted in APFS...
Verbatim TurboMetal
1 TB5 pieces in stock
Memory Size3
Product details
The TurboMetal SSD offers exceptional performance and is equipped with the latest USB4 interface via the USB-C port to ensure unrivalled data transfer speeds. Experience high read and write speeds, making it an excellent solution for anyone working with large files, high-resolution videos and demanding applications. Whether you want to transfer large amounts of data or work directly from the hard drive, the TurboMetal SSD ensures that you can complete tasks in record time.
USB ports | USB-C |
Exact USB ports | USB-C 4 (1x) |
Read transfer speed | 3700 MB/s |
Write transfer speed | 3600 MB/s |
Item number | 54447832 |
Manufacturer | Verbatim |
Category | External SSDs |
Manufacturer no. | 32021 |
Release date | 6.2.2025 |
Sales rank in Category External SSDs | 128 of 694 |
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Colour | Grey, Silver |
Exact colour description | Grey, Metal, Silver |
Storage capacity | 1 TB |
USB ports | USB-C |
Exact USB ports | USB-C 4 (1x) |
Interface | M.2 |
Read transfer speed | 3700 MB/s |
Write transfer speed | 3600 MB/s |
Country of origin | China |
CO₂ emissions | 16.57 kg |
Climate contribution | CHF 0.39 |
Software included | Nero BackItUp Essentials |
Scope of delivery | USB Type-C to USB Type-C, USB-C to USB-C cable |
Length | 10.58 cm |
Width | 5.50 cm |
Height | 1.81 cm |
Weight | 150 g |
Length | 17 cm |
Width | 11 cm |
Height | 3.50 cm |
Weight | 214 g |
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Warranty score
How often does a product of this brand in the «External SSDs» category have a defect within the first 24 months?
Source: Digitec Galaxus- 6.Philips0.5 %
- 8.LaCie0.6 %
- 9.Verbatim0.7 %
- 10.Intenso0.8 %
- 10.Kingston0.8 %
Warranty case duration
How many working days on average does it take to process a warranty claim from when it arrives at the service centre until it’s back with the customer?
Source: Digitec Galaxus- 4.Adata3 days
- 4.Intenso3 days
- 4.Verbatim3 days
- 7.Kingston4 days
- 7.SanDisk Professional4 days
Return rate
How often is a product of this brand in the «External SSDs» category returned?
Source: Digitec Galaxus- 9.Kingston1.4 %
- 10.Kioxia1.6 %
- 10.Verbatim1.6 %
- 12.Adata2 %
- 13.LaCie2.1 %
- Very fast read and write speeds
- Robust, non-slip metal housing
- Quiet, efficient fan
- Nero backup software included
- Break-in during continuous writing
- No dust or water protection

- Metal housing with quiet fan
- Non-slip thanks to rubber feet
- Rubberised sides for a better grip
- Fair price for USB4
- FAT32 file system ex works
- Significant drop in data rates in some cases
- fast
- Lu¨fter
Verbatim's Turbometal SSD not only heated up during operation, but also when idle. The SSD reported more than 40 °C via SMART query. Irritatingly, the fan started up when it was plugged into a Thunderbolt port, but not at the same temperature on the USB4 port. However, the SSD also got warm when reading random addresses with a high query depth: The SSD collapsed to around 1000 IOPS after around 15...