Samsung

Portable SSD T5 500GB

Portable SSD T5 500GB
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Effective Speed -32%Effective Speed -32%Average Score -30%Read -14%, Write -8%, 4K Read -31%, 4K Write -115%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed -52%, SusWrite 10%Peak Score -16%Read -2%, Write -3%, 4K Read -18%, 4K Write -73%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed -32%, SusWrite 12%Value & Sentiment -851%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,689%Nice To Haves -41%DQ Read -5%, DQ Write -77%, DQ Mixed -28%, ADQ Read -65%, ADQ Write -79%, ADQ Mixed -67%, Age 17%, AS-SSD Total -25%

Average Bench: 74.6% (584^th of 1072)

Based on 14,526 user benchmarks. Model: Samsung Portable SSD T5

Poor: 51%Average: 74.6% Great: 97%

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Good average bench

The Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB averaged 25.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 156MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 26.2MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB is 46.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 40.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 161MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 14,526 samples)

Rank 58474.6%

Min	Avg	Max
299	Read 401	496
228	Write 376	469
236	Mixed 365	453
164	SusWrite 327	432
82.7% 367 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
18	4K Read 26.2	36.5
19.5	4K Write 40.8	70.8
14	4K Mixed 29.7	44
99.4% 32.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
99.3	DQ Read 198	351
97.4	DQ Write 161	202
35	DQ Mixed 156	258
123% 172 MB/s

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The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

SRB-User, 1 day ago.

305GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 463 465 465 440 295 MB/s

94.6% Outstanding

Write 463

Mixed 450

SusWrite 432

104% 461 MB/s

4K Read 34

4K Write 39.3

4K Mixed 35.3

118% 36.2 MB/s

DQ Read 326

DQ Write 201

DQ Mixed 248

189% 258 MB/s

ISL-User, 1 day ago.

121GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 394 385 396 395 395 MB/s

71.1% Very good

Write 394

Mixed 370

SusWrite 386

87% 384 MB/s

4K Read 21.2

4K Write 34.1

4K Mixed 25

82% 26.8 MB/s

DQ Read 122

DQ Write 162

DQ Mixed 163

117% 149 MB/s

USA-User, 3 days ago.

111GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 211 211 211 210 211 MB/s

60.7% Good

Write 365

Mixed 346

SusWrite 211

72% 318 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 37

4K Mixed 27.6

91% 29.4 MB/s

DQ Read 94.8

DQ Write 144

DQ Mixed 128

94% 122 MB/s

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 17%

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System: Apple MacBookPro15,1

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	26x
Core i7-8850HIntelBench 71%, 20,669 samples	19x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	9x

GPU
Radeon Pro 555XAMDBench 16%, 648 samples	32x
Radeon Pro 560XAMDBench 20%, 1,110 samples	29x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1x

SSD
Portable SSD T5 500GBSamsungBench 75%, 14,526 samples	1x

RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 76%, 20,226 samples	31x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	29x
16ATS2G64HZ-2G6B1 2x16GBMicronBench 78%, 443 samples	9x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Average Bench: 74.6% (584^th of 1072)

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