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Portable SSD T3 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 203% (1st of 639)

Based on 100 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 04e8 PID 61f3 Model: Samsung Portable SSD T3
Poor: 33%Average: 203% Great: 337%

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung Portable SSD T3 1TB averaged 103.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung Portable SSD T3 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 50.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 36MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Portable SSD T3 1TB is 304%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung Portable SSD T3 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 254MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 100 samples)
Rank 1203%
Min Avg Max
27.6 Read 254 418
26.5 Write 236 409
27.8 Mixed 232 409
16.8 SusWrite 209 390
315% 233 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.91 4K Read 21.1 32.7
4.7 4K Write 36 70.8
4 4K Mixed 20 40.5
1,982% 25.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.8 DQ Read 27.1 35.2
15.9 DQ Write 50.8 81.7
10.3 DQ Mixed 24.9 45.3
2,676% 34.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
211GB free, PID 61f3
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 322 320 296 195 179 MB/s
328% Outstanding
Read 316
Write 303
Mixed 299
SusWrite 258
398% 294 MB/s
4K Read 33.5
4K Write 70.9
4K Mixed 43.6
4,019% 49.3 MB/s
DQ Read 35.5
DQ Write 81.4
DQ Mixed 45.5
4,448% 54.1 MB/s
438GB free, PID 61f3
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 147 146 148 148 148 MB/s
177% Outstanding
Read 233
Write 147
Mixed 169
SusWrite 147
225% 174 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 34.3
4K Mixed 26.3
2,145% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 25.8
DQ Write 38.3
DQ Mixed 27.8
2,344% 30.6 MB/s
268GB free, PID 61f3
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 78 72 68 69 67 MB/s
176% Outstanding
Read 367
Write 67.8
Mixed 123
SusWrite 74.1
167% 158 MB/s
4K Read 4.9
4K Write 34.2
4K Mixed 24.7
2,022% 21.3 MB/s
DQ Read 25.7
DQ Write 38.4
DQ Mixed 24.6
2,238% 29.6 MB/s
555GB free, PID 61f3
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 279 261 272 266 282 MB/s
173% Outstanding
Read 278
Write 244
Mixed 251
SusWrite 274
355% 262 MB/s
4K Read 18.6
4K Write 22.5
4K Mixed 18.4
1,460% 19.8 MB/s
DQ Read 24.4
DQ Write 31.2
DQ Mixed 26.6
2,056% 27.4 MB/s
192GB free, PID 61f3
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 29 MB/s
45.4% Average
Read 43.3
Write 37.3
Mixed 42.9
SusWrite 28.3
51% 38 MB/s
4K Read 9.5
4K Write 10
4K Mixed 10.1
719% 9.87 MB/s
DQ Read 12.4
DQ Write 12.5
DQ Mixed 12.3
890% 12.4 MB/s
315GB free, PID 61f3
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 24.7
Write 24.8
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 24.9
34% 24.8 MB/s
4K Read 7.8
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 7.7
553% 7.73 MB/s
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