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Portable SSD T3 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 263% (1st of 639)

Based on 31 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 04e8 PID 61f3 Model: Samsung Portable SSD T3
Poor: 174%Average: 263% Great: 351%

Outstanding average bench

The Samsung Portable SSD T3 2TB averaged 163.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung Portable SSD T3 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 58.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 44.7MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Portable SSD T3 2TB is 176%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung Portable SSD T3 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 329MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 31 samples)
Rank 1263%
Min Avg Max
28.5 Read 329 425
20.1 Write 328 416
24.1 Mixed 311 415
262 SusWrite 343 410
449% 327 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.94 4K Read 24.5 34.7
4.27 4K Write 44.7 73.8
3.46 4K Mixed 26.6 40.3
2,516% 31.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
23.7 DQ Read 29.4 35
32.7 DQ Write 58.6 87.5
17.2 DQ Mixed 32 45.8
3,188% 40 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
938GB free, PID 61f3
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 331 338 342 339 308 MB/s
237% Outstanding
Read 325
Write 311
Mixed 312
SusWrite 332
438% 320 MB/s
4K Read 20.6
4K Write 36.8
4K Mixed 24.9
2,175% 27.4 MB/s
DQ Read 28.4
DQ Write 55.4
DQ Mixed 22.6
2,758% 35.5 MB/s
1.5TB free, PID 61f3
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 269 267 270 269 269 MB/s
236% Outstanding
Read 263
Write 270
Mixed 248
SusWrite 268
360% 262 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 43.3
4K Mixed 32.2
2,666% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 30.3
DQ Write 54.1
DQ Mixed 38.5
3,262% 41 MB/s
196GB free, PID 61f3
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 304 352 360 362 356 MB/s
221% Outstanding
Read 374
Write 360
Mixed 346
SusWrite 333
480% 353 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 29.1
4K Mixed 23.9
1,885% 25 MB/s
DQ Read 25.4
DQ Write 37.6
DQ Mixed 29.7
2,383% 30.9 MB/s
536GB free, PID 61f3
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 329 332 333 333 333 MB/s
205% Outstanding
Read 339
Write 319
Mixed 296
SusWrite 332
437% 321 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 25.8
4K Mixed 23.2
1,741% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 24.9
DQ Write 28.7
DQ Mixed 26.3
1,963% 26.6 MB/s
536GB free, PID 61f3
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 301 300 302 300 302 MB/s
185% Outstanding
Read 308
Write 294
Mixed 299
SusWrite 300
410% 300 MB/s
4K Read 16.9
4K Write 23.2
4K Mixed 20.7
1,556% 20.3 MB/s
DQ Read 23.7
DQ Write 33.8
DQ Mixed 27.1
2,159% 28.2 MB/s
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