Falken Azenis fk520 have been a great tire, noise level is not intrusive and they give a good return on fuel economy. These tires are very progressive and give good feed back. Having watched a back to back comparison with the Michelin PS4, the Falkens are punching way above their price range. If you want near PS4 performance at kumho prices, you won't go far wrong...will definitely try out the latest incarnation, Falken azenis R820 when the fk520's are done.
Summer Max Performance Tires
All Summer Max Performance Tires on Tire Reviews, ranked. The 106 tires in this category are scored using 74 independent tire tests and 6,997 owner reviews covering 80,811,574 miles of driving.
- 106tires in this category
- 74professional tests
- 6,997owner reviews
- 80,811,574 milescovered on them
The quick answer
| Pick | Tire | The evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Best overall | Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6 9.7 | TR Score 9.7 / 10 high confidence score |
| Owners' favorite | Pirelli P Zero PZ5 9.4 | 94% from 20 owner reviews |
| Latest test winner | Continental MaxContact MC7 9.6 | 2026 AutoView Sport Tire Test |
| Best budget brand | Syron Street Race 7.4 | TR Score 7.4 / 10 best of the Economy brands |
Best overall is the highest TR Score in the category; the owners' favorite is the highest rated by the drivers who run them. The full rankings and the evidence behind every pick are below.
The best Summer Max Performance Tires, ranked
The highest scoring tire in the category is the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6, with a TR Score of 9.7 out of 10. 88 of the 106 tires here have earned a score; the rest are listed further down.
TR Score rates each tire out of 10 using independent test results and the full body of owner reviews, weighted by how much evidence backs them. Tires are only scored once enough data exists; discontinued tires are not ranked but remain in the complete record below.
Want to see the data behind the top picks? Best Performance Summer Tires → Test winner: Pirelli P Zero PZ5
The best Summer Max Performance Tires for each condition
The overall ranking hides trade-offs: a tire can lead in the dry and trail in comfort. These are the category leaders in each condition, from the per-condition TR scores.
Best in the dry
Rated across 48 tires in this category:
Best in the wet
Rated across 47 tires in this category:
Most comfortable
Rated across 41 tires in this category:
Best value
Rated across 38 tires in this category:
Condition scores run 0-100 within each condition, built from the same test results and owner reviews as the overall TR Score.
What is a Max Performance tire?
Max Performance tires are the flagship road tires of each brand, built for powerful sports cars and supercars. They chase the highest dry and wet grip achievable while remaining genuinely usable every day.
Summer tires use compounds that work best in warm conditions, giving the strongest wet and dry grip of any season category when temperatures are mild or hot. Their performance falls away in the cold, which is where winter and all season tires take over.
Professional tests of Summer Max Performance Tires
Every published comparison test of this category we have indexed - 74 in total, newest first. Test results feed directly into the TR Scores above.
The most successful tire in this category's tests: the Continental SportContact 7, with 8 wins from the 63 full comparison tests indexed here.
Winners are only named where a test crowned a single overall winner. Tests that rank tires within groups, or test too small a field to compare brands, still count as evidence but name no winner here.
The Summer Max Performance Tires owners rate highest
Rated purely by the people who drive on them, the top tire in the category is the Pirelli P Zero PZ5 - 94% from 20 owner reviews. 90 tires have enough reviews to qualify; this is the same ranking behind the category position shown on each tire's own page.
A tire needs at least 3 owner reviews to appear here. Owner ratings reward different things to tests - comfort, wear and value show up over thousands of miles, not on a test track.
What drivers say about Summer Max Performance Tires
The most recent owner reviews from this category, in their own words.
The wet and dry grip has been exceptional with low road noise and moderate harshness. Handling precision and responsiveness have been good, not exceptional. The tires have held inflation pressure very well with minimal leakage. This is my second set and unless Michelin comes out with a better max performance summer tire, I'll buy them again.
A massive improvement over the oem bridgestone turanza t005 ev that came with my tesla model 3. Handles beautifully and I never knew my car had such grip. It feels like I bought a new sports shoe with good feet support. Hopefully they will last longer than my oem bridgestones.
Tires are very grippy and you can drive them at their limit.
My RWD car usually needs tires every 12000miles (20.000km)
Now on rear I have Kumho PS31 and they drive not so grippy on wet, but wear is good.
10.000 miles and still 6mm treath left.
But I rather wear some tires and get some grip.
On road it's like having a semislick which is capable of handling water showers like an UHP tire. On track you can feel it's not a semislick, but you can enjoy a stable performance allowing you 100% of fun with 80% lap time or something like that.
On the road wear on external shoulder is high, on track it's really impressive lap after lap.
Near the end the sides started to disintegrate but after so many km driven that's probably normal. Front tires lasted 60k km, the rear lasted 75k km. I bought them again, got a punctured sidewall at 30k km, the tires were still like new.
don't drive in the wet unless caught in it so can't answer wet question dry handling is really good. itend to do "spirited" driving.
The tires is empfohlen for this model and they are with long life. Im wondering wich tire brand is better for Audi A6 quattro.
In comparison with non sport tires like the Continental PremiumContact 6 the grip in dry conditions is outstanding and better like other tires I have driven (e.g. Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymetric). The Wet-Grip is surprisingly good and did not fade with lower tread depth (yet). No disturbing noise while driving.
Summer Max Performance Tires EU label data
69 of the 106 tires in this category carry EU label data. These are the category's label headliners, using each tire's best available size figures.
A Best wet grip
50 tires reach EU wet grip class A. The highest scoring:
A Lowest rolling resistance
The most fuel efficient choice: 20 tires reach rolling resistance class A. The highest scoring:
65dB Quietest tires
The quietest tires in this category are labelled from 65 dB external noise:
- Pirelli P Zero 8.8
- Hankook Ventus S1 evo2 8.7
Label values come from the EU EPREL database and vary by size - the figures here are each tire's best declared size. Wet grip and rolling resistance run from class A (best) to E; noise is the measured drive-by figure. A good label is a floor, not a verdict: the tests and rankings above tell you far more.
New Summer Max Performance Tires
The newest arrival in the category is the Yokohama Advan Sport ZPS. 6 tires have joined in the last two years:
| Tire | On the market since | TR Score |
|---|---|---|
| Yokohama Advan Sport ZPS | 2026 | not yet scored |
| Bridgestone Potenza Sport Evo | 2025 | 9.5 |
| Giti GitiSport S2+ | 2025 | 9.1 |
| GT Radial SportActive 2 EVO | 2025 | 8.5 |
| Vitour Sport M5 | 2025 | not yet scored |
| Bridgestone Potenza s03 | 2025 | 7 |
New tires take time to earn a TR Score - tests have to be run and owner reviews have to arrive. A missing score is a data gap, not a verdict.
Popular Summer Max Performance Tires comparisons
The head-to-heads readers in this category weigh up most, with every shared test and both tires' reviews side by side.
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
vs
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
Continental SportContact 7
vs
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
Continental SportContact 7
vs
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
Continental SportContact 7
vs
Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
vs
Pirelli P Zero PZ4
Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3
vs
Michelin Pilot Sport 5
Bridgestone Potenza Sport
vs
Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S
Continental SportContact 7
vs
Pirelli P Zero PZ5
Guides and features for Summer Max Performance Tires
- The Effect of Tire Pressure on Tire Performance: 1.7 vs 2.4 vs 3.1 Bar August 7, 2026
- Bridgestone Potenza Sport EVO - Launched February 12, 2026
- First Look: The New BFGoodrich g-Force Phenom T/A April 14, 2025
- Pirelli P Zero PZ5 Officially Launched April 2, 2025
- BFGoodrich Launches New Ultra High Performance Summer Tire: g-Force Phenom T/A February 17, 2025
- Vredestein Ultrac Vorti+ and Vorti R+ - Launched April 19, 2021
All Summer Max Performance Tires on Tire Reviews
The complete record, including discontinued tires and tires with too little evidence to rank, ordered by the amount of evidence. The most researched this month: Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6, Continental SportContact 7, Michelin Pilot Sport 5.
5 more tires in this category have no reviews yet
Bridgestone Potenza S01R, Continental Sport Contact M3, Cooper Zeon RS3 S, Pirelli P Zero Rosso Direzionale, Vitour Sport M5
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Where this data comes from
Rankings combine independent test results with owner reviews submitted through this site, each naming the car, the tire, the size and the distance covered. Reviews are checked by hand before publication, and the page rebuilds automatically as new evidence arrives.
About the TR Score
The Tire Reviews Score rates each tire out of 10 using independent test results and the full body of owner reviews, weighted by how much evidence backs them.
Who does the testing
Every test published as a Tire Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tires independently since 2007.