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Portable SSD T7 Shield in the test: Samsung's robust opponent for the SanDisk Extreme

Samsung sometimes lets its external SSDs outside. The T7 Shield is similarly compact as the T7 (Touch) and offers the same technology with up to 1,050 MB/s. A new feature is the rubberized housing with IP65 certification, which offers better protection against dust, shock and water.

Table of contents

  1. 1 Samsung's first outdoor SSD
  2. The T7 Shield in detail
  3. Prices and availability
  4. T7 Shield compared to T7 (Touch)
  5. Benchmarks
  6. Temperatures
  7. Conclusion

Samsung's first outdoor SSD< /h2>

The T7 Shield is Samsung's first outdoor SSD. For this, its housing is coated with rubber, which offers protection against scratches when falling on hard ground (stone). The purely electronic SSD technology withstands shocks very well compared to mechanical hard drives.

Crucial X6, Samsung T7 Shield, SanDisk Extreme Pro (from left to right)

Certified according to protection class IP65, the SSD is also dustproof and protected against the ingress of water jets. According to Samsung, the T7 Shield had to pass the following test conditions for certification without damage:

  • IPX5 test conditions : The device was exposed to fresh water sprayed from a nozzle (Ø 6.3 mm) at a distance of 3 m at 12.5 l/min for 3 minutes.
  • IP6X test conditions: The device was rated 8 Exposed to 2 kg/m³ of moving dust at a pressure below 2 kPa for hours in a vacuum chamber.

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However, this does not mean that there is no guarantee just in case: “Damage caused by liquids and dust is not covered by the guarantee,” Samsung writes in a footnote.

The SSD is said to have passed the unspecified drop test from “up to 3 meters in height”. But there is no guarantee here either: “Damage caused by falling is not covered by the guarantee.”

Anyone who is out and about with the T7 Shield need hardly worry if the device falls down on their outdoor adventures. Even a rain shower during the photo safari or dust and sand in the workshop or on the construction site are no problem.

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The T7 Shield in detail

With dimensions of 88 × 13 × 59 mm, the T7 Shield is only marginally longer and wider than the T7 (Touch), but at least 5 mm thicker. The weight increases even more: 98 g means 40 g more than the T7 (Touch).

The connection is again made via a cable with a USB-C connector. For wider compatibility, Samsung includes two cables with connector type USB-C or USB-A on the other end.

< figure> Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield in front of SATA SSD
SanDisk Extreme Pro (top), Samsung T7 Shield (middle), Crucial X6 (bottom)
Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield

As usual, there are few details from the manufacturer about the built-in technology. When asked, however, the editors were confirmed that it is the same technical basis as the other T7 models. Inside is an NVMe SSD with 3D TLC NAND, which communicates externally via USB 3.2 Gen 2 with a gross data rate of 10 Gbit/s or a slower USB standard. If the host computer supports the maximum speed, then at least in synthetic benchmarks up to 1,050 MB/s should be achieved.

As usual, AES data encryption with 256 bits is supported. The guarantee period is three years. Unlike the manufacturer's internal SSDs, there is no guaranteed write volume (TBW) limitation.

Prices and Availability

The T7 Shield is available today in black, beige and blue colors and with 1 TB and 2 TB storage capacities. The recommended retail prices are around 150 euros and 280 euros. Experience has shown that Samsung's retail prices are significantly undercut after a certain amount of time.

Samsung T7 Shield vs. SanDisk Extreme V2 Samsung T7 Shield SanDisk Extreme V2 Format NVMe internal Dimensions 88 × 13 × 59 mm 101 × 9 × 52 mm Weight 98 g ? Capacities 1,000 GB, 2,000 GB 500 GB, 1,000 GB, 2,000 GB, 4,000 GB Interface USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbit/s, UASP) Connection USB type C to type A/C Max. transfer rate 1,050 MB/s Encryption AES 256 bit – Warranty 3 years 5 years

They have to, because the SanDisk Extreme Portable V2 is in the same drawer and is available from 120 euros (1 TB), 210 euros (2 TB) and 450 euros (4 TB). It is a bit longer, but also a bit slimmer and achieves similarly high transfer rates. However, the IP55 certification is one level below that of the Samsung T7 Shield: The “5” as the first digit stands for “protected against dust in harmful quantities”, while the “6” is equivalent to “dustproof”. SanDisk does not offer encryption, but the warranty period is longer than five years.

  1. Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield (image: Samsung)

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T7 Shield compared with T7 (Touch)

A comparison of the generations of the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Shield T7 (Touch) X5 T5 T3 T1 Format NVMe internal mSATA internal Dimensions 88 × 13 × 59 mm 85 × 8 × 57 mm 117 × 19.7 × 62 mm 74 × 10.5 × 57.3mm 74 × 10.5 × 58mm 71 × 9.2 × 53.2mm Weight 98g 58g 150g 51g 51g < 30g Capacities 1000GB, 2000GB 500GB, 1000GB, 2000GB 250GB, 500GB, 1000GB, 2000GB 250GB, 500GB, 1000GB Interface USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps, UASP) Thunderbolt 3 (40 Gbps) USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps, UASP) USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps, UASP) Connector USB Type-C to Type-A/C USB Type-C USB Type-C to Type-A/C USB type C to type A Micro-USB type B to type A Max. transfer rate 1,050 MB/s 2,800 MB/s 540 MB/s 450 MB/s Controller not specified Samsung MGX Samsung MEX or MGX NAND-Flash 3D V-NAND (TLC) not specified 3D V-NAND V4
(TLC, 64 Layer, 256 Gigabit) 3D V-NAND V3
(TLC, 48 Layer, 256 Gigabit) 3D V-NAND V2
(TLC, 32 Layer, 128 Gigabit) Encryption AES 256 Bit Power consumption not specified Warranty 3 years TBW not specified

Benchmarks

< p class="p text-width">With around 720 MB/s, the T7 Shield reads the data in the practical copy test and is therefore significantly faster than the Crucial X6, but somewhat slower than the new edition of the SanDisk Extreme, which also speeds up the games folder duplicated. The SanDisk SSD is even 65 percent faster in PCMark. A good 1,000 MB/s are possible for both test subjects in the synthetic CrystalDiskMark.

Charts

68 Entries Copy from SSD

  • 10GB .rar to RAM disk:
    • WD Black SN850 1 TB2,116.80
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB2.112.29
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB2088.10
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB2064.84
    • Corsair MP600 1 TB2034.85
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB2027.55
    • Corsair MP600 Pro 2 TB2027.47
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB2025.98
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB2,024.20
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB2,000.30
    • Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB1,961.20
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB1,954, 58
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB1,943.00
    • Corsair MP510 1 TB1,932.02
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB1,928.00
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2TB 1.2A1,916.90
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB1,876.80
    • WD Black SN750 1 TB1,802.52
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB1,795.35
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB1,787.01
    • Corsair MP600 2 TB1,758.00
    • Intel 670p 1 TB1,743.50
    • Samsung 980 1TB1,693.07
    • WD Blue SN550 2TB1,567.80
    • Crucial P5 2 TB1,547.80
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB1,514.60
    • Crucial P5 1 TB1,499.00
    • Kingston A2000 1TB1,491.20
    • Kingston A1000 480 GB956.90
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V2825.20
    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB725.40
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V1701.25

      • < li class="chart__row">Crucial X6 Portable 2 TB497.08

    • Crucial MX500 1 TB M3CR033494.62
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB494.00
    • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR010491,66
    • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB475,15
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB461.90
    • Crucial MX500 4 TB450.00
    • Patriot P210 2 TB (2nd sample)441.44
    • Crucial X6 Portable 4 TB379.70Note the notes in the text
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB141,20
  • 23 GB Steam folder on the RAM disk:
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB2,095.80
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB2061.50
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB2045.50
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB2012.92
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB2003.26
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB1,980.50
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB1,965.24
    • Corsair MP600 Pro 2 TB1,955.35
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB1,932.52
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB1,931.43
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB1,926.00
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB1,924.21
    • WD Black SN850 1 TB1,912.26
    • Corsair MP600 1 TB1,867.22
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2TB 1.2A1,861.20
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB1,839.60
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB1,765.20
    • Intel 670p 1TB1,699.50
    • Crucial P5 2TB1,680.91
    • Corsair MP510 1 TB1,680.59
    • WD Black SN750 1 TB1,647.03
    • Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB1,637.70
    • Crucial P5 1 TB1,615.00
    • Corsair MP600 2 TB1,602.00
    • Samsung 980 1 TB1,600.82
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB1,450.00
    • Kingston A2000 1TB1,389.83
    • WD Blue SN550 2 TB1,377.40
    • Kingston A1000 480 GB885.65
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V2814.80
    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB 719.80
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V1678.19
    • Crucial X6 Portable 4 TB513.80
    • Crucial X6 Portable 2 TB483,20
    • Crucial MX500 1 TB M3CR010481,49
    • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR033480.97
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1TB472.00
    • Patriot P210 2TB (2nd sample)460.81
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB451.70
    • Crucial MX500 4 TB448.73
    • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB444.15
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB138,12

Unit: Megabytes per second (MB/s) 70 entries Copying on the SSD, 195 GB Steam games

  • Duration:
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB102.1
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB103,8
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB104,3
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB104,4
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB105,5
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB107,7
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB 1.2A110, 0
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB110,3
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB118,5
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB121,1
    • WD Black SN850 1 TB131,8
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB143,5
    • Corsair MP600 1 TB147,0
    • Corsair MP600 2 TB150.0
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB151.8
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB209,7< /li>
    • Crucial P5 2 TB227,6
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB248,6

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    • Crucial P5 1 TB292.0
    • WD Blue SN550 2 TB294,2
    • Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB321,7
    • Samsung 980 1 TB358,2
    • Corsair MP510 1 TB368,7< /li>
    • Kingston A2000 1 TB377.5
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V1479.8
    • Intel 670p 1 TB519.0
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB536.0
    • Kingston A1000 480 GB538.0
    • < strong>Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB616.5
    • Crucial X6 Portable 4 TB659.5
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V2690.0
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB929,5
    • Crucial MX500 1 TB M3CR010992,0
    • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR0331.006.0
    • Crucial MX500 4TB1,050.0
    • Patriot P210 2TB (2nd pattern)1,154.4
    • Crucial X6 Portable 2 TB2,289.0
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB2,773.0

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    • Crucial BX200 480 GB2,988.5
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB4,780.0

    Unit: seconds

  • Transfer rate (average):
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB1,960.0
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB1,928.7
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB1918.8
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB1917.5
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB1896.7
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB1,860.0
    • Corsair MP600 Pro 2 TB1,845.1

      • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">Patriot Viper VP4300 2TB 1.2A1.818.7

    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB1814.3
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB1688.2
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB1,651.8
    • WD Black SN850 1 TB1,528.8

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    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB1,393.9
    • Corsair MP600 1 TB1,361.5
    • Corsair MP600 2 TB1,334.0
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB1.318,4
    • WD Black SN750 1 TB1,092.9
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB954.1
    • Crucial P5 2 TB879,4
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB804,7
    • Crucial P5 1 TB684,0
    • WD Blue SN550 2 TB680,2
    • Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB622.1
    • Samsung 980 1 TB562.3
    • Corsair MP510 1 TB542,7
    • Kingston A2000 1 TB530,5
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V1417,1
    • Intel 670p 1 TB393.0
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB374.0
    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB324.6
    • Crucial X6 Portable 4 TB303.5
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V2286,3
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB215,3
    • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR010201,7
    • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR033198.8
    • Crucial MX500 4 TB190,6
    • Patriot P210 2TB (2nd Sample)173.4
    • Crucial X6 Portable 2TB87.5
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB72,3
    • Crucial BX200 480 GB67,0
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB41.9

    Unit: Megabytes per second (MB/s)

120 entries PCMark10 Quick System Drive Benchmark

  • Score:
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB3,644.0
    • WD Black SN850 1 TB3,542.0
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB3,379.0
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB3279.0
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB3,239.0
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB3,178.0
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB3121.0
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB3100.0
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB2,961.0
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2TB 1.2A2932.0
    • Samsung 980 Pro 1TB2919.0
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB2892.0
    • Corsair MP600 1 TB2,854.0
    • Corsair MP600 2 TB2,843.0
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB2,724.0
    • Corsair MP510 1 TB2,724.0
    • Intel 670p 1 TB2,697.0
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB2,636.0
    • Corsair MP600 Pro 2 TB2633.0
    • Samsung 980 1 TB2607.0

      • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">Mushkin Gamma 2 TB2,586.0

    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB2,573.0
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB2228.0
    • Crucial P5 2 TB2013.0< /li>
    • Kingston A2000 1 TB2.006.0
    • Crucial P5 1 TB1,959.0
    • WD Blue SN550 2 TB1,793.0
    • Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB1,520.0
    • Samsung 870 Evo 2 TB1,387, 0
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB1,373.0
    • WD Black SN750 1 TB1,368.0
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB1,298.0
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1TB V21.098.0
    • Crucial X8 Portable 1TB1094.0
    • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR010988.0
    • Patriot P2xx 2TB (1st sample)969.0
    • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR033947.0
    • Crucial MX500 4TB911.0
    • Patriot P210 2TB (2nd sample)900.0
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1TB V1861.0
    • Kingston A1000 480 GB793.0
    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB665.0
    • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB658.0
    • Crucial X6 Portable 2 TB653.0< /li>
    • Seagate Exos X18 TB487.0
    • Crucial X6 Portable 4 TB476.0
    • WD Red 6 TB (WD60EFRX)333.0
    • Synology HAT5300-8T305.0
    • Seagate IronWolf 4TB (ST400VN008)145.0
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5TB127.0

    Unit: Points

  • Transfer rate:
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB443,3
    • WD Black SN850 1 TB430,9
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB413.8
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB399.9< /li>
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB390,3
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB385,5
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB381,1
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB375,8
    • Corsair MP600 1 TB367 ,1
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2TB 1.2A360.9
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB351,1
    • Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB349,6
    • Corsair MP600 2 TB347,0
    • Intel 670p 1 TB333, 1
    • Corsair MP510 1 TB332,7
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB332,7

      • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB324,7

    • Corsair MP600 Pro 2 TB324,1
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB319,1
    • Samsung 980 1 TB317,7
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB315,7
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB274,6
    • Kingston A2000 1 TB249.5

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    • Crucial P5 2 TB247.4
    • Crucial P5 1 TB241,6
    • WD Blue SN550 2 TB217,8
    • Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB189,6
    • Samsung 870 Evo 2 TB172,5
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB170,9
    • WD Black SN750 1 TB169,6
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB162,3
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V2137.0
    • Crucial X8 Portable 1 TB135.9
    • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR010123.8
    • Patriot P2xx 2TB (1st pattern)122.9
    • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR033119.0
    • Crucial MX500 4 TB114,9
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V1114,7
    • Patriot P210 2TB (2nd sample)114.4
    • Kingston A1000 480GB100.3
    • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB84.0
    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB82.7
    • Crucial X6 Portable 2 TB82.2
    • Crucial X6 Portable 4 TB65,0
    • Seagate Exos X18 TB62,9
    • WD Red 6 TB (WD60EFRX)43,8
    • Synology HAT5300-8T40,2

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    • Seagate IronWolf 4TB (ST400VN008)18.9
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB16.9

    Unit: Megabyte (MB)

  • Access Time:
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB35.0
    • WD Black SN850 1TB36.0
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB38.0
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB39.0
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB39.0
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB40,0
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2TB41.0
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB41.0
    • Corsair MP600 1 TB43.0
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB43.0
    • Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB43.0
    • Patriot Viper VP4300 2TB 1.2 A44.0
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB44.0
    • Corsair MP600 2 TB45.0
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB47.0
    • Corsair MP510 1 TB47.0
    • Intel 670p 1 TB48.0
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB49.0
    • Corsair MP600 Pro 2 TB49.0
    • Samsung 980 1 TB49.0
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB50.0< /li>
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB50,0
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB58.0
    • Crucial P5 2 TB64.0
    • Kingston A2000 1 TB65,0
    • Crucial P5 1 TB66,0
    • WD Blue SN550 2 TB71.0
    • Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB86.0

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    • Samsung 870 Evo 2 TB94.0
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB95.0
    • WD Black SN750 1 TB95,0
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB101,0
    • Crucial X8 Portable 1 TB119.0
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V2119.0
    • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR010133.0
    • Patriot P2xx 2TB (1st pattern)137.0
    • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR033139,0
    • Crucial MX500 4TB145.0
    • Patriot P210 2TB (2nd pattern)148.0
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1TB V1162.0
    • Kingston A1000 480 GB167.0
    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB196.0
    • Crucial X6 Portable 2 TB202.0
    • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB203.0
    • Seagate Exos X18 TB277.0
    • Crucial X6 Portable 4 TB300.0
    • WD Red 6 TB (WD60EFRX)413.0
    • Synology HAT5300-8T450,0
    • Seagate IronWolf 4TB (ST400VN008)933,0
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB1089.0

    Unit: microseconds (µs)

80 Entries CrystalDiskMark 8.0.1 (Read)

  • SEQ1M Q8T1:
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB7,425.1
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB7.407,1
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB7.351, 8
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB7,348.9
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB7,342.2
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB7318.4
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB7272.2
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB7191.0
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500GB6,865.2
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB6.851.6
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB6,850.2
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB4,937.3

      • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">Mushkin Delta 1 TB4.715,1

    • Samsung 980 1TB3,566.7
    • Crucial P5 1 TB3.517,3
    • Intel 670p 1 TB3.312.2
    • Kingston A2000 1 TB2.281.5
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1TB V11026.8
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1TB V21025.3
    • < strong>Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2TB1,023.0
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB550,1
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB549.7
    • Crucial MX500 4 TB531.0
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB148,6
  • SEQ1M Q1T1:
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB4431.0
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB4382.7
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB4381.6
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB4.311.6
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1TB4.271.7
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB4.188.0
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB4.125.9
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB4091.7
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB3,869.0
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB3,716.6< /li>
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB3,661.9
    • Intel 670p 1 TB2,947.9
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB2,763.2
    • Crucial P5 1 TB2,488.0
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB2,346.7
    • Samsung 980 1 TB2.307.0
    • Kingston A2000 1TB1,994.6
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1TB V1814.5
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1TB V2744, 0
    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB711.8
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB538,1
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB537,6
    • Crucial MX500 4 TB459.1
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB146.3
  • RDN4K Q32T1:
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB681,9< /li>
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB662,6
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB657,7
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB641,5
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB632,1
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB629,8
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB619,4
    • Kingston A2000 1 TB602,3
    • Intel 670p 1 TB554,2< /li>
    • Samsung 980 1 TB553,3
    • Crucial P5 1 TB542,9
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB539,9
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB539.3
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB537.7
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB529,4
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1TB506.4
    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB264.6
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V1264.2

      • < li class="chart__row">SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V2256,7

    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB231,6
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB231,2
    • Crucial MX500 4TB219.4
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB1,3
  • RDN4K Q1T1 :
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB87,8
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB87,3
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB86,9
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB83,7
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB83,3
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB83,2
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB82,9
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB78,9
    • Intel 670p 1 TB75.5
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB72,5
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB70,2
    • Kingston A2000 1 TB69,9
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB68,5
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB66,6
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB66,4
    • Crucial P5 1 TB58,2
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB48,4
    • Crucial MX500 4TB41.0
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1TB V240.6
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1TB V136.5
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB31,2
    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB< /strong>30.1
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB0.5

Unit: megabytes per second (MB/s) 80 entries CrystalDiskMark 8.0.1 (Write)

  • SEQ1M Q8T1:
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB6.875,3
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB6829.7
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2TB6816.6
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB6761.9
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB6418.3< /li>
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB6.381.1
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB6,297.8
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB5,820, 4
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB5.020,6
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB4,941.2
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB4,869.8

      • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB3.637,7

    • Crucial P5 1TB3,297.7
    • Samsung 980 1 TB2.863.6
    • Intel 670p 1 TB2584.6
    • Kingston A2000 1 TB2179.4
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB1,937.6
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V1968.0

      • < li class="chart__row">SanDisk Extreme Portable 1TB V2957.3

    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB932.8
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB487.2
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB486,9
    • Crucial MX500 4 TB472.8
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB140.1
  • SEQ1M Q1T1:
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB5,927.5
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB5908.0
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB5901.8

      • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB5,796.6

    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB5,761.0
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB5,645.0
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB5399.4
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB5,382.5
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB4,812.4

      • < li class="chart__row chart__row--hidden toggle-body-item nojs-tr">Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB4,268.4

    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB4,173.1
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB3.619.0
    • Crucial P5 1 TB3,028.8
    • Samsung 980 1 TB2,673.6
    • Intel 670p 1TB2437.3
    • Kingston A2000 1TB2049.8
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB1,934.0
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V1884.0
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V2873.8
    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB814.8
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB478.1
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB477.0
    • Crucial MX500 4 TB452,5
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB142,2
  • RDN4K Q32T1:
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB614,4
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB596,7
    • Samsung 980 1 TB499,7
    • Kingston A2000 1 TB494,2
    • Crucial P5 1 TB492.9
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB466,3
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB465.1
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB457.0
    • Intel 670p 1 TB442.2
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB397.5
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB343,8
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB342,5
    • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB341,4
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB338,4
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB335,4
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB333,4
    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB244,8
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1TB V1244,2
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1TB V2230,3
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB195,5
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB194.5
    • Crucial MX500 4 TB194,3
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB6.5
  • RDN4K Q1T1:
    • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB268,1< /li>
    • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB266.0
    • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB265,7
    • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB260,9
    • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB258,7
    • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB236,5
    • Mushkin Delta 1 TB233,6
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB231,8
    • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB226.0
    • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB210 ,0
    • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB209,0
    • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB204,9
    • Kingston A2000 1 TB196,7
    • Intel 670p 1 TB185,4
    • Crucial P5 1 TB131,7
    • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB103.6
    • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB103,1
    • Crucial MX500 4 TB92,3
    • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V280,2
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V180,2

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    • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB51.7
    • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB5.1

Unit: Megabytes per second (MB/s)

The practical write test in Windows -Explorer delivers a sustained write rate of 540 MB/s with an empty SSD. At 50 percent fill level, a clear drop can be measured. At 80 percent, performance is back to normal. The cause is still unclear. Either way, the performance remains high, there is no dip like with the Crucial X6 (test) with QLC-NAND to well below 100 MB/s.

Charts

Performance writing according to level (Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB) 0100200300400500600 megabits per second 1102030405060708090100110120130140150160170180190level (x10 GB)

  • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2TB – empty
  • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2TB – 50% full
  • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB – 80% full

    • Performance Write by Level (Crucial X6 Portable 2 TB) 0100200300400500600Megabyte per second (MB/s) 1102030405060708090100110120130140150160170180190 – empty

  • X6 2TB – 50% full
  • X6 2 TB – 80% full

    • Performance write by level (SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V2) 0100200300400500600 1510152025303540455055606580509850354045505560657050985055606570509850 (Full x10 GB)

    • SanDisk Extreme Port. SSD 1TB V2 – empty
    • SanDisk Extreme Port. SSD 1TB V2 – 50% full
    • SanDisk Extreme Port. SSD 1 TB V2 – 80% full

    Performance Write after fill level (SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V1) 02004006008001,000Megabytes per second (MB/s) 15101520253035404550556065707580859095Fill level (x10 GB)

    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Port. SSD 1TB – empty
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Port. SSD 1TB – 50% Full
    • SanDisk Extreme Pro Port. SSD 1 TB – 80% full

    Performance Write by level (Crucial X6 Portable 4 TB) 0180360540720900Megabytes per second (MB/s) 150100150200250300350387Fill level (x10 GB)

    • X6 4TB – empty
    • X6 4TB – 50% full
    • X6 4 TB – 80% full

    33 entries Full write time (0 to 100 percent)

    • 250GB SSDs:
      • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB9:41
    • 500GB SSDs:
      • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB8:05
      • Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB8:55
      • Kingston A1000 480 GB13:57
    • 1TB SSDs:
      • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1TB9 :33
      • WD Black SN750 1 TB10:01
      • WD Black SN850 1 TB10:40
      • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB11:44
      • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB13:03
      • Corsair MP510 1 TB14:22
      • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V119:12
      • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB19:30
      • Corsair MP600 1 TB20:03
      • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V226:49
      • Samsung 980 1 TB29:09
      • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB34: 30
      • Crucial P5 1 TB34:57
      • Kingston A2000 1 TB35:35
      • Crucial MX500 1 TB M3CR01036:27
      • Intel 670p 1TB78:15

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      • Mushkin Delta 1 TB102:07
      • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB193:37
    • 2TB SSDs:
      • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB17:42
      • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB17: 56
      • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB18:35
      • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB18:50
      • Corsair MP600 Pro 2 TB19:40
      • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB19:40
      • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB27 :16
      • Patriot Viper VP4300 2TB 1.2A27:43
      • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2TB35:07

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      • WD Blue SN550 2 TB41:30
      • Corsair MP600 2 TB42:01
      • Crucial P5 2 TB55:06
      • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB

        • strong>57:39

      • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB120:31
      • Crucial X6 Portable 2 TB317:05
    • 4TB SSDs:
      • Crucial MX500 4 TB163:30
      • Crucial X6 Portable 4 TB892:31
    • 5TB -HDDs:
      • Seagate FireCuda Gaming HDD 5 TB776:24

    Unit: minutes, seconds 32 entries Time required for full writing (50 to 100 percent)

    • 250 GB SSDs (approx. 125 GB write volume):
      • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB5:31
    • 500 GB SSDs (approx. 250 GB write volume):
      • Samsung 980 Pro 500 GB4:05
      • Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB4:46
      • Kingston A1000 480 GB7:27
    • 1 TB SSDs (approx. 500 GB write volume):
      • WD Black SN750 1TB5:13
      • WD Black SN850 1 TB5:23
      • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB5:58
      • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB6:49
      • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB7:13
      • Corsair MP510 1 TB7:14
      • Corsair MP600 1 TB9:43
      • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V19:52
      • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB10:11
      • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V213:53

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      • Samsung 980 1 TB16:57
      • Crucial P5 1 TB16:59
      • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB18:12
      • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR01020:37

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      • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR03320:41
      • Intel 670p 1TB40:44
      • Mushkin Delta 1 TB66:02
      • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB99:03
    • 2 TB SSDs (approx. 1 TB write volume):
      • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB9:13
      • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB9:52
      • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB9:52
      • Seagate FireCuda 530 2 TB10:01
      • Corsair MP600 Pro 2 TB10:50
      • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB11:00
      • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB12:55
      • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB 1.2A14:56
      • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB19:13
      • Corsair MP600 2 TB20:46
      • WD Blue SN550 2 TB20:47
      • Crucial P5 2 TB31:01
      • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2TB41:22
      • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB76:08
      • Crucial X6 Portable 2 TB163:41
    • 4 TB SSDs (approx. 2 TB write volume):
      • Crucial MX500 4 TB90:05
      • Crucial X6 Portable 4 TB561:41

    Unit: minutes, seconds 32 entries Time required for full writing (80 to 100 percent)

    • 250-GB -SSDs (approx. 50 GB write volume):
      • SanDisk Ultra Plus 256 GB2:36
    • 500 GB SSDs (approx. 100 GB write volume):
      • Samsung 980 Per 500GB1:28
      • Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB1:58
      • Kingston A1000 480 GB2:54
    • 1 TB SSDs (approx. 200 GB write volume):
      • WD Black SN750 1 TB2:02
      • WD Black SN850 1TB2:15
      • Adata XPG Gammix S70 1 TB2:29
      • PNY XLR8 CS3140 1 TB2:39
      • Adata XPG Gammix S70 Blade 1 TB2:43
      • Corsair MP510 1 TB2:54
      • Crucial P5 Plus 1 TB3:32
      • Corsair MP600 1 TB3:40
      • SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable 1 TB V14:01
      • SanDisk Extreme Portable 1 TB V25:36
      • Crucial P5 1 TB6:30
      • Samsung 980 1 TB6:45
      • Kingston A2000 1TB6:49
      • Samsung 870 Evo 1 TB7:17
      • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR0338:05
      • Crucial MX500 1TB M3CR0108:14
      • Intel 670p 1 TB14:53
      • Mushkin Delta 1 TB25:16< /li>
      • Samsung 870 QVO 1 TB39:38
    • 2TB -SSDs (approx. 400 GB writing volume):
      • Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB3:19
      • Corsair MP600 Pro XT 2 TB3:38
      • Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB3:45
      • Corsair MP600 Pro LPX 2 TB3:49
      • Corsair MP600 Pro 2 TB4:43
      • Mushkin Gamma 2 TB4:46
      • Patriot Viper VP4300 2 TB5:29
      • Kioxia Exceria Pro 2 TB6:01
      • Patriot Viper VP4300 2TB 1.2A6:12
      • Corsair MP600 2TB7:16
      • WD Blue SN550 2 TB8:03
      • Crucial P5 2 TB11:13
      • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB12:08
      • Corsair MP600 Core 2 TB31:19
      • Crucial X6 Portable 2 TB61:55
    • 4 TB SSDs (approx. 800 GB write volume):
      • Crucial MX500 4 TB35:16
      • Crucial X6 Portable 4 TB234:14

        • < /ul>

      Unit: minutes, seconds

      With the DiskSpeed ​​tool, no drop in the write rate can be identified, which at around 850 MB/s is significantly higher than in the Practical test cancelled.

      Performance seq. Write by level (Samsung T7 Portable Shield 2 TB) 0180360540720900Megabytes per second (MB/s) 150100150200250300350400450500550600seconds

      • svgchart-item” data-item=”355031″> Samsung T7 Portable Shield 2 TB

      Temperatures

      < p class="p text-width">Heat development is not a problem despite the rubberized case with appropriate insulation. With temperatures hovering around 40 °C, the T7 Shield is far from the throttling threshold, which according to Samsung is 60 °C. However, the SSD was in the shade, while outdoor use will certainly result in direct sunlight.

      Charts

      Temperature history seq. Read 2943577286100°C 150100150200250300350400450500550600seconds

      • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2TB

      Performance History Seq. Read 02004006008001000Megabytes per second (MB/s) 150100150200250300350400450500550600seconds

      • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB

      Temperature history seq. writing 19396080100°C 150100150200250300350400450500550600 seconds

      • Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2TB

      Performance History seq. Write 02004006008001,000Megabytes per second (MB/s) 150100150200250300350400450500550600seconds 355888″> Samsung Portable T7 Shield 2 TB

    The low heat conductivity of the rubberized housing also ensures good performance even at higher temperatures. And if the T7 Shield does get too hot, it automatically controls its speed using DTG (Dynamic Thermal Guard) to keep the temperature below 60°C³.

    ³ The case temperature is measured at the warmest part of the case. Sufficient airflow is recommended to be operable at higher workloads within the operating temperature of the device.

    Samsung

    Conclusion

    The T7 Shield is a compact and robust on-the-go SSD that outperforms many USB 3.0 and some internal SATA SSDs. In a direct duel against the outdoor competitor SanDisk Extreme, however, the T7 Shield is at a disadvantage in terms of performance. The new edition V2 from SanDisk is faster and overall more compact. Samsung offers data encryption for this, and the SanDisk SSD in turn has a longer guarantee. If you want it even faster, you can use the SanDisk Extreme Pro V2 with up to 2 GB/s on the USB 3.2 2×2 port, which is still much less common. Alternatively, Samsung offers the Portable SSD X5 (test) for Thunderbolt. Both alternatives are more expensive.

    It remains to be seen where the prices of the Samsung T7 Shield will level off in online retail. The SanDisk Extreme V2 is currently also clearly ahead of the curve when it comes to price when Samsung's RRP is consulted.

    ComputerBase loaned the Portable SSD T7 Shield from Samsung for testing provided under NDA. The manufacturer did not influence the test report and there was no obligation to publish it. The only specification was the earliest possible publication date.

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