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Portable SSD X5 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 156% (146th of 1072)

Based on 100 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung Portable SSD X5
Poor: 59%Average: 156% Great: 288%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung Portable SSD X5 1TB averaged 56.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung Portable SSD X5 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 883MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 988MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Portable SSD X5 1TB is 230%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung Portable SSD X5 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 45.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 30.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 100 samples)
Rank 146156%
Min Avg Max
672 Read 1,621 2,253
115 Write 683 2,256
196 Mixed 689 1,601
83.6 SusWrite 522 1,252
194% 879 MB/s
Min Avg Max
24.1 4K Read 46.2 58.6
1.6 4K Write 45.1 133
3 4K Mixed 30.3 77.3
133% 40.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
466 DQ Read 988 1,553
238 DQ Write 815 1,282
296 DQ Mixed 883 1,392
666% 895 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
930GB free
Firmware: 1P3QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2135 2231 1148 1133 1140 1168 MB/s
327% Outstanding
Read 2,319
Write 2,339
Mixed 1,741
SusWrite 1,492
443% 1,973 MB/s
4K Read 62.4
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 85.5
286% 101 MB/s
DQ Read 1,280
DQ Write 1,174
DQ Mixed 1219
917% 1,224 MB/s
631GB free
Firmware: 1P3QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1915 2102 1236 1074 1171 1181 MB/s
292% Outstanding
Read 2,167
Write 2122
Mixed 1,579
SusWrite 1,447
411% 1,829 MB/s
4K Read 51.9
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 69
226% 77.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,110
DQ Write 980
DQ Mixed 1030
776% 1,040 MB/s
270GB free
Firmware: 1P3QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1067 1119 1139 1160 1160 1142 MB/s
253% Outstanding
Read 1341
Write 1,098
Mixed 1,166
SusWrite 1,131
266% 1,184 MB/s
4K Read 58.4
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 76.8
250% 84.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,324
DQ Write 1,037
DQ Mixed 1,143
865% 1168 MB/s
118GB free
Firmware: 1P3QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 805 850 81 77 311 60 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 1,067
Write 861
Mixed 964
SusWrite 364
182% 814 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 84.9
4K Mixed 52.6
179% 60.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,086
DQ Write 968
DQ Mixed 1065
788% 1,040 MB/s
434GB free
Firmware: 1P3QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 144 143 144 145 144 MB/s
81.1% Excellent
Read 1,374
Write 146
Mixed 247
SusWrite 144
102% 478 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 3.7
64% 14.6 MB/s
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Gaming 151%
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Desktop 99%
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Workstation 149%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Ultra - $350

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel  $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples3,313x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples2,240x
Core i9-9900KFIntel  $295Bench 98%, 50,265 samples486x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples827x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples623x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples546x
SSD
Portable SSD X5 1TBSamsungBench 156%, 100 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples297x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples263x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples246x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 91% - Outstanding Total price: $1,315

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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