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 -857%User Rating -14%, Market Share -1,700%Nice To Haves -41%DQ Read -5%, DQ Write -77%, DQ Mixed -28%, ADQ Read -65%, ADQ Write -79%, ADQ Mixed -67%, Age 18%, 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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USA-User, 3 days ago.

230GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 466 466 466 439 289 MB/s

90.2% Outstanding

Write 461

Mixed 449

SusWrite 432

103% 459 MB/s

4K Read 28.8

4K Write 37.2

4K Mixed 31

103% 32.3 MB/s

DQ Read 351

DQ Write 189

DQ Mixed 102

121% 214 MB/s

TUR-User, 2 days ago.

371GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 395 382 377 377 375 MB/s

68% Good

Write 328

Mixed 307

SusWrite 383

76% 337 MB/s

4K Read 20.1

4K Write 38.1

4K Mixed 26.5

85% 28.2 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 109

DQ Mixed 86.3

71% 101 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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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