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Samsung (ExtHD)

Portable SSD T1 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 170% (1st of 639)

Based on 104 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 04e8 PID 8002 Model: Samsung Portable SSD T1
Poor: 30%Average: 170% Great: 329%

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung Portable SSD T1 500GB averaged 70.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung Portable SSD T1 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 50.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 30.2MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Portable SSD T1 500GB is 299%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung Portable SSD T1 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 212MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 17.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 104 samples)
Rank 1170%
Min Avg Max
28.3 Read 212 404
21.2 Write 195 397
25.6 Mixed 191 389
20.2 SusWrite 193 382
268% 198 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.6 4K Read 17.2 28.7
2.88 4K Write 30.2 64.6
1.77 4K Mixed 16.4 36.7
1,650% 21.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.4 DQ Read 24.2 30.8
24.2 DQ Write 50.1 80.6
10.3 DQ Mixed 22.8 41.8
2,570% 32.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
164GB free, PID 8002
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 361 358 372 374 374 MB/s
281% Outstanding
Read 356
Write 333
Mixed 330
SusWrite 361
471% 345 MB/s
4K Read 24
4K Write 47.2
4K Mixed 31.2
2,756% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 29.3
DQ Write 65.6
DQ Mixed 39.8
3,694% 44.9 MB/s
165GB free, PID 8002
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 364 363 357 368 369 MB/s
274% Outstanding
Read 358
Write 334
Mixed 331
SusWrite 362
472% 346 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 44.8
4K Mixed 30.4
2,642% 32.7 MB/s
DQ Read 27.7
DQ Write 64.1
DQ Mixed 37.9
3,572% 43.2 MB/s
362GB free, PID 8002
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 252 259 258 260 270 MB/s
177% Outstanding
Read 283
Write 260
Mixed 259
SusWrite 259
360% 265 MB/s
4K Read 18.2
4K Write 24.6
4K Mixed 21
1,618% 21.3 MB/s
DQ Read 21
DQ Write 37.1
DQ Mixed 26.5
2,241% 28.2 MB/s
319GB free, PID 8002
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 183 186 182 184 183 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 265
Write 168
Mixed 211
SusWrite 184
270% 207 MB/s
4K Read 17.7
4K Write 24.8
4K Mixed 21.1
1,627% 21.2 MB/s
DQ Read 21.8
DQ Write 33.4
DQ Mixed 24.3
2,043% 26.5 MB/s
319GB free, PID 8002
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 183 184 185 185 184 MB/s
159% Outstanding
Read 265
Write 160
Mixed 207
SusWrite 184
266% 204 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 24.7
4K Mixed 20.7
1,610% 21.1 MB/s
DQ Read 21.8
DQ Write 32.3
DQ Mixed 24.6
2,016% 26.2 MB/s
6GB free, PID 8002
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 36 36 36 36 MB/s
49.7% Average
Read 37.6
Write 35.9
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 36.3
50% 36.6 MB/s
4K Read 9.3
4K Write 11.1
4K Mixed 10
752% 10.1 MB/s
DQ Read 10.5
DQ Write 13.8
DQ Mixed 9.2
821% 11.2 MB/s
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