The application of mobile mechanical hard disk has a history of at least ten years, and people love and hate it: love it has a large capacity (up to 5TB), hate that the complex internal mechanical structure is too delicate, bumps or drops may cause serious damage and data loss, and weak performance for terabyte level file transfer is more like a nightmare. As a result, high-capacity and drop-resistant portable SSDs (PSSDs) are attracting more and more attention, such as Samsung's latest T5 Evo.
As a new member of Samsung's mobile SSD family, the Samsung T5 EVO has achieved a high-energy evolution compared to its predecessor T5, EVO is the abbreviation of evolution, which not only continues the high-performance family gene, but also further deepens the concept of "portability", and has a capacity beyond the traditional mobile HDD, which can accommodate more large files, high-resolution**, and games, both for work and play.
Let's first take a look at the features of the Samsung T5 EVO portable SSD.
1. For the first time, it deviated from the size of the name card, and the body shape was more compact;
2. High-quality rubber shell, providing 2 meters of drop protection;
3. The metal ring buckle design is more portable;
4. The capacity is 2TB, 4TB and 8TB optional;
5. The original core components, continuous read and write performance up to 460MB s;
6. Compatible with all platforms, supporting PC Mac, iPhone15 Android smartphones, tablets and other devices.
1 Smaller body and maximum portability
The packaging of the Samsung T5 EVO portable SSD adopts a new cover design, with a gradient blue background from top to bottom to set off the close-up of the T5 EVO product, with the model number of the product in bold large font in the lower left corner, and the 460MB read speed and 8TB of large capacity in the lower right corner.
Emphasizing the design concept of "small, lightweight, and ergonomic", the T5 EVO deviates from the size of a business card for the first time, with a smaller and more compact body of 40*95*17mm, weighing only 102 grams, which can be easily held with one hand, giving people a feeling of falling in love. The rear end of the fuselage is equipped with a metal ring buckle that can be easily attached to a backpack or luggage, and the titanium gray tone has a sense of high-end fashion, which looks very natural and harmonious with gray and silver-toned equipment.
The body is finished in an all-black hue with the "Samsung" logo on the front, the rubber shell has an excellent grip and anti-slip effect, and it also has excellent external impact resistance, with 2-meter drop protection and low thermal conductivity to prevent heat build-up and low-temperature burns.
The product logo of the Portable SSD T5 EVO is displayed on the back of the fuselage.
The top of the T5 EVO is equipped with a mainstream Type-C interface, and the indicator light is hidden under the cover, which has a strong overall feeling.
One end of the metal ring identifies the product type, capacity, operating voltage and current, S n code and various certification information.
A Type-C to C cable is included, making it easy to transfer data between PC Mac, Apple iPhone 15, Android smartphones and tablets.
2 Benchmarks Excellent sustained read and write performance.
The Samsung T5 EVO we tested is an 8TB capacity version, which means it can store more than 2 million 35MB 10,000 4MB files, or 3,500 2GB files. Crystal Disk Info shows its actual capacity of 80015GB, at 26 room temperature at leisure time temperature is only 28, using UASP protocol and SATA600 transmission mode, equipped with a Type-C interface to support USB32 Gen1 standard.
As you can see from the figure below, USB3The bandwidth of the 2 Gen1 interface is 5Gbps, and the traditional mechanical mobile hard disk basically uses this type of interface, but the read and write speed can usually only reach about 120MB S, while the nominal read and write speed of Samsung T5 EVO is as high as 460MB S, reaching 38 times, basically full of USB32 Gen1 interface bandwidth.
In the Crystal Disk Mark test, the Samsung T5 Evo 8TB achieved a maximum sequential read and write speed of 46105mb s and 4636MB S, both reaching the nominal value of 460MB S, also in line with high-speed USB3The performance level of 2Gen1 mobile storage devices is up to 43K IOPS and 40K IOPS at random.
We also found a 500GB portable hard disk for comparison, and after testing, we found that its maximum sequential read and write speed is only 8219mb s and 8089MB S, it can be seen that the sequential read and write performance of Samsung T5 Evo 8TB is more than 5 times that of it, and the random performance is more than 124 times that of it!
In the Atto Disk Benchmark, a popular mobile storage device testing software, the Samsung T5 EVO 8TB achieved a 4KB file read and write speed of 6934mb s and 256MB s, the read and write speeds from 256KB exceed 420MB s, and the read and write speeds after 512KB basically reach 440MB s, which is relatively close to the nominal level.
In order to improve the performance of consumer-grade solid-state storage devices, the industry generally adopts the strategy of SLC caching, which Samsung named TurboWrite technology, that is, to draw out part of the free capacity to simulate the SLC read and write mode, and when storing data, write to the SLC cache at the fastest speed, and then move the data to the regular storage area during idle time, so the size of the SLC cache directly affects the user's experience of large file transfer.
In HD Tune Pro, we write 280GB data to Samsung T5 EVO 8TB (higher than this value, the software will directly report an O error), its read and write speed is above 447000KB, the curve is very straight and there is no slowdown, which shows that its turbocache space is much higher than 280GB, which effectively guarantees the efficiency of users copying high-definition ** materials, 3D modeling materials and other large files.
3 File read and write test is five times faster than a mechanical mobile hard disk.
In the PCMac10 data disk benchmark, we will write 15GB of data to the Samsung T5 EVO 8TB continuously, and visualize it in a numerical way, and the final score is 915 points, with a bandwidth of 14299MB s, the average access time is 148us, compared to USB3The performance of the 2 Gen1 portable hard disk has been greatly improved.
Due to the limitations of the Windows System Manager, the actual speed of transferring files from the removable storage device will deviate from the benchmark. We will 75GB files are copied from the mobile mechanical hard disk to the desktop, and the read speed reaches more than 70MB s in the stabilization stage; Copy the same file from the desktop to the portable hard disk, and the write speed will also reach more than 70MB s in the stabilization phase.
And then this 75GB files are copied from T5 EVO 8TB to the desktop, and the read speed can reach more than 380MB s in the stabilization phase; The same file is then copied from the desktop to the T5 EVO 8TB and the write speed reaches more than 400MB s during the stabilization phase. It can be seen that the actual transfer speed of Samsung T5 EVO is still more than 5 times that of this mobile mechanical hard disk, which greatly improves the storage efficiency of data.
In addition, Samsung T5 EVO can also be directly connected to Apple iPhone15 series smartphones through the C to C data cable that comes with it, and can manage files in the system's built-in "Files" APP, and Pro Pro Max models also support direct recording of ProRes HDR format to Samsung T5 EVO, with a capacity of 8TB that can shoot for up to 556 minutes, becoming a powerful storage equipment for bloggers.
4 Comprehensive test: high efficiency, energy saving, low heat generation.
In addition to its capacity of up to 8TB and performance far exceeding that of traditional HDDs, the Samsung T5 EVO also has good performance in terms of power consumption and heat control. The comparative test of the Power-Z tester shows that the power consumption of the traditional mechanical mobile hard disk is 0 when idle (non-hibernate and stalled).about 8W (i.e. voltage x current); The peak power consumption is 3 for high-intensity sequential writesAbout 5w.
The T5 EVO 8TB has a power consumption of only 0About 3W, the power consumption of high-intensity sequential writing is only 2Around 6W, coupled with its performance of three times that of a mechanical portable hard drive, it can greatly extend the battery life of a laptop.
In terms of heat control, the T5 EVO has built-in Samsung Dynamic Thermal Guard technology, which prevents overheating and keeps it at the right operating temperature, allowing it to maintain peak performance even after continuous use for long periods of time. At the same time, the rubber shell is characterized by low thermal conductivity, in 259 The surface temperature at room temperature is 284. After 40 minutes of high-intensity sequential write test, the maximum temperature is only 447. Meet the requirements of the international safety standard IEC62368-1 to eliminate the risk of low temperature burns.
5 Samsung Magician is fully functional AES256 hardware encryption two-step setup.
In addition to greater portability and higher capacity, the Samsung T5 EVO also supports AES 256-bit hardware encryption, which can be easily set up and managed with Samsung Portable SSD and Samsung Magician. The Samsung Portable SSD comes with a Windows and macOS version of the installation package, and users can also use the built-in notepad file to provide the address** Android version.
Of course, the new Samsung Magician storage device management software is more comprehensive, supporting all storage devices under the Samsung brand (including SSDs and portable SSDs) to check the health status, update firmware, and secure erase, as well as benchmark the read and write performance of the device.
Samsung Magician also includes all the features of Samsung's portable SSD management software, which means that users only need to install this software. In the security setting, you can enable password protection mode after two steps, and you can change your name and password at any time, and if you turn off security mode, the password that has already been set will be deleted.
After setting the password, the security mode will be enabled, connect the T5 EVO to the computer again, and the Samsung Magician will pop up the password input box, at this time, you can't see the data inside the T5 EVO, and you can't write the data, you can read and write the file normally after entering the correct password.
In addition, in the driver details, you can see the serial number and firmware version of the Samsung T5 Evo, if there is a blue "genuine" word below the serial number, it means that the user bought the official**.
6 Write at the end.
As a portable SSD for mainstream user groups, Samsung T5 EVO not only further carries forward the tradition of lightweight and portable, but also perfectly solves various pain points, such as the 460MB S read and write speed has almost reached the level of SATA internal SSD, the Type-C interface can be compatible with all platform devices, the 2-meter drop-proof data is safer, and the maximum capacity of 8TB is the last "straw" that crushes the "camel" of the mobile mechanical hard disk. Overall, the T5 EVO combines compact size and high capacity, coupled with strong 2-meter drop resistance and high-performance family genes, making it the perfect alternative to traditional portable hard drives! Now it's the New Year's Festival, Samsung T5 EVO 2TB mainstream capacity only needs 999 yuan, if you have large-capacity file storage and backup needs, you can start now.