Our latest Lab Award is for the fastest external solid-state drive (SSD), which goes to LaCie's Rugged SSD Pro5. As you will soon see, our list of tested external SSDs is topped by drives that support one or more of these connections. (Credit: Joseph Maldonado)Of the 67 external SSDs we have reviewed at PC Labs since the start of 2020, we ranked 52 of them for this Lab Award. Peak external drive speeds have increased incrementally over the years. It has a five-year warranty, which, for an external SSD, is as good as it gets.