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M3 Portable 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 37.9% (540th of 1015)

Based on 417 user benchmarks.  Model: Samsung M3 Portable
Poor: 16%Average: 37.9% Great: 61%

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Poor average bench

The Samsung M3 Portable 500GB averaged 62.0% 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 Random Mixed IO Speed 0.54MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.35MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung M3 Portable 500GB is 44.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung M3 Portable 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 53.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 47.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 417 samples)
Rank 54037.9%
Min Avg Max
27.6 Read 66.4 107
24.8 Write 53.4 99.5
23.8 Mixed 47.8 91.4
24.9 SusWrite 65.5 106
43.1% 58.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.29 4K Read 0.45 0.5
0.6 4K Write 1.35 1.8
0.2 4K Mixed 0.54 0.8
104% 0.78 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
325GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 93 93 93 92 94 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 89.8
Write 61.1
Mixed 51.9
SusWrite 91.9
54% 73.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
124% 0.87 MB/s
400GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 90 91 89 91 91 MB/s
49.6% Average
Read 84.2
Write 61.1
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 88.7
52% 71.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.83 MB/s
400GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 89 87 89 90 MB/s
48.8% Average
Read 81.8
Write 57.1
Mixed 50.7
SusWrite 88.2
51% 69.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.77 MB/s
273GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 77 78 77 79 79 MB/s
46.7% Average
Read 86.4
Write 38.1
Mixed 50.9
SusWrite 76.3
46% 62.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.83 MB/s
431GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 90 91 92 91 93 MB/s
46.2% Average
Read 71
Write 37
Mixed 45
SusWrite 90
45% 60.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.77 MB/s
269GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 55 54 54 54 MB/s
44.2% Average
Read 99.6
Write 70.7
Mixed 57.4
SusWrite 54.3
52% 70.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
143% 1.03 MB/s
337GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 40 40 40 41 MB/s
28.7% Poor
Read 59.5
Write 28.5
Mixed 31.7
SusWrite 40.3
30% 40 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.73 MB/s
444GB free
Firmware: 1306
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 32 32 28 33 37 MB/s
19.1% Very poor
Read 32.9
Write 33.1
Mixed 31.3
SusWrite 33.5
24% 32.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
101% 0.7 MB/s
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Typical M3 Portable 500GB Builds (Compare 150 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
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Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: Samsung 270E5G/270E5U

CPU
Core i5-3230MIntel  $100Bench 49%, 61,311 samples71x
Core i3-3110MIntel  $70Bench 48%, 34,445 samples32x
Core i5-3210MIntel  $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples23x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples118x
HD Graphics (G3 Pentium/Celeron 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 28,701 samples22x
GeForce 710MNvidiaBench 3%, 2,241 samples9x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples8x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples6x
THNSFC128GBSJ 128GBToshibaBench 36%, 469 samples3x
RAM
SH5641G8FJ8NWRNSQR 1x8GBSmartBench 28%, 1,144 samples52x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples22x
SH564128FJ8NWRNSQR 1x4GBSmartBench 24%, 2,696 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $128

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