Today we’ll be taking a look at the HyperX Savage EXO, which is one of the newest USB 3.1 Gen 2 portable SSDs on the market. Inside, HyperX went with a SATA III drive powered by the Marvell 88SS1074 controller paired with 64-layer 3D TLC NAND Flash. This combination allows the HyperX Savage EXO series to reach sequential speeds of up to 500 MB/s read and 480 MB/s write. These are respectable speeds for a portable SSD with a SATA drive, but it won’t be competing with the faster drives on the market with PCIe NVMe drives inside. The HyperX Savage EXO series is aimed at gamers that are looking for a fast external storage drive that is compatible with their gaming PC as well as gaming consoles like the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Kingston claims that the HyperX Savage EXO will load console games up to 20% faster according to their own internal test results.