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Portable SSD T5 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 74.6% (593rd of 1080)

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

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 59374.6%
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
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
152GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 317 317 318 317 314 MB/s
81.2% Excellent
Read 484
Write 448
Mixed 436
SusWrite 336
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 37
4K Mixed 34.9
112% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 128
DQ Write 151
DQ Mixed 204
136% 161 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 367 374 373 352 375 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 374
Write 374
Mixed 344
SusWrite 367
82% 365 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 38.3
4K Mixed 28.6
92% 30.1 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 107
92% 136 MB/s
68GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 316 273 242 222 205 MB/s
71.9% Very good
Read 382
Write 386
Mixed 356
SusWrite 276
79% 350 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 36.9
4K Mixed 31.4
103% 32.3 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 163
DQ Mixed 163
124% 167 MB/s
156GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 393 332 319 321 322 MB/s
70% Very good
Read 391
Write 396
Mixed 373
SusWrite 346
85% 377 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 37
4K Mixed 27.1
89% 28.9 MB/s
DQ Read 92.3
DQ Write 157
DQ Mixed 130
97% 127 MB/s
462GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 399 406 395 394 362 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 390
Write 393
Mixed 372
SusWrite 392
87% 387 MB/s
4K Read 19.9
4K Write 29
4K Mixed 23.3
75% 24.1 MB/s
DQ Read 129
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 124
101% 142 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,586,067 SSDs tested

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Gaming 18%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
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System: Apple MacBookPro15,1

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples26x
Core i7-8850HIntelBench 71%, 20,669 samples19x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples9x
GPU
Radeon Pro 555XAMDBench 16%, 648 samples32x
Radeon Pro 560XAMDBench 20%, 1,110 samples29x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1x
SSD
Portable SSD T5 500GBSamsungBench 75%, 14,526 samples1x
RAM
8ATF1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 76%, 20,226 samples31x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples29x
16ATS2G64HZ-2G6B1 2x16GBMicronBench 78%, 443 samples9x
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