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Portable SSD X5 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 209% (90th of 1072)

Based on 79 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung Portable SSD X5
Poor: 74%Average: 209% Great: 381%

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Outstanding average bench

The Samsung Portable SSD X5 2TB averaged 108.6% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Samsung Portable SSD X5 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 1,014MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 978MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Portable SSD X5 2TB is 307%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Samsung Portable SSD X5 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 63.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 36.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 79 samples)
Rank 90209%
Min Avg Max
1,061 Read 1,978 4,135
40 Write 875 2,336
78.9 Mixed 778 1,655
29 SusWrite 682 1,785
238% 1,078 MB/s
Min Avg Max
28.8 4K Read 88.9 573
1.6 4K Write 63.6 190
3 4K Mixed 36.5 86.3
215% 63 MB/s
Min Avg Max
376 DQ Read 1,170 2,172
303 DQ Write 978 1,748
64.2 DQ Mixed 1,014 1,896
776% 1,054 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
803GB free
Firmware: 1P3QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2368 2373 2373 1523 1011 639 MB/s
325% Outstanding
Read 2,226
Write 2,303
Mixed 1,666
SusWrite 1,715
445% 1,977 MB/s
4K Read 54.3
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 69.8
227% 75.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1770
DQ Write 948
DQ Mixed 1,161
916% 1,293 MB/s
803GB free
Firmware: 1P3QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2384 2380 2368 1503 1011 1033 MB/s
324% Outstanding
Read 2,174
Write 2,207
Mixed 1,580
SusWrite 1,780
435% 1,935 MB/s
4K Read 50.7
4K Write 99.9
4K Mixed 63.2
211% 71.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,755
DQ Write 1093
DQ Mixed 1,251
979% 1,366 MB/s
979GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1P3QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1426 1049 1057 1065 1082 1091 MB/s
287% Outstanding
Read 2,213
Write 2,286
Mixed 1,506
SusWrite 1,128
400% 1,783 MB/s
4K Read 51.2
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 71.9
240% 85.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,426
DQ Write 1,066
DQ Mixed 1,201
910% 1,231 MB/s
242GB free
Firmware: 1P3QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 66 64 62 62 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 1,424
Write 123
Mixed 215
SusWrite 87.8
98% 462 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 3
56% 12.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,713,665 SSDs tested

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Gaming 8%
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Desktop 62%
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Workstation 7%
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System: HP Pavilion Power Laptop 15-cb0xx

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples1,682x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples772x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples2x
GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples1,408x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples983x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples48x
SSD
Portable SSD X5 2TBSamsungBench 209%, 79 samples1x
RAM
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 1x8GBSamsungBench 37%, 122,420 samples241x
M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GBSamsungBench 70%, 62,266 samples212x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples148x
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