Mobile i5: 1.2 Gbps or 150MB per second file transfer rate High end i7: 3.5 Gbps, or 430MB per second file transfer rate If you are a content producer on the go and need a solid storage solution that will get you there and back again then this is your drive.
The initial warning that the encryption software gives you is a touch worrying as losing your password will essentially bork your drive and require Samsung's involvement to get it back online. I was a little weary about storing all of my photos and video from my entire vacation on just one drive but this thing held up and function as expected problem-free.
Overall Review: This drive has is all, size, storage, simplicity and encryption in a bullet-proof package. The drive does take a touch longer to become available on newly connected devices compared to devices you normally connect to (10-15s longer).
The installation/security files are included on the drive.Ĭons: The price does sting a bit at $300+ for 1TB of USB drive but the functionality and reliability are worth it. The security that is included with the drive works very well and has a slick - non invasive interface that was quick to setup and requires just a prompt each time you want to access your files.
This thing survived planes, trains, taxis, took-tooks AND Sri Lankan humidity (which during the monsoon this year was waaaaay above 100%) The kit is just 2 pieces a USB3- C cable with velcro wrap and the drive. Transferring to my slower Samsung F3 (platter data drive) was much slower 50mb/s and 23mb/s over USB3 How fast is it? Transferring 19.8Gbs of photos and video to my Samsung 850 Evo SSD only took 1m23s! (video transferred at 270mb/s while photos took 150mb/s) USB3 speeds are great - there's no point in having 1TB if you have to transfer at 12mb/s (USB2)
The build quality is excellent - full metal housing, check. I got this drive to store photos and video on my upcoming month long vacation and boy did it not disappoint. Pros: This drive will save you tons of grief on the road as it is everything you want tiny, huge, secure and blazing fast. I know it's more than a hard drive, but if you compare internal SSD prices, this is a great deal, really fast, and compact making this my first choice from now on. Real world use was excellent and very, very fast. I think it had to do with the partition alignment being more in tune for the drive, so maybe you can play with the exFAT settings and get similar results.Īll in all this was a joy to use. Obviously the internal drive is fast, but overall the external never felt slow especially when formatted as NTFS. Seeing how the drive was formatted exFAT I decided to try NTFS to see if it scored better.įor comparison here is the 850 1 TB EVO drive: Looking at those scores I was like the sequential were good, but the 4K is awful via the USB hub. With the default exFAT partition, and a direct USB 3.0 connection, I was able to get: Overall Review: I tested the device in the following scenarios: USB 3.0, USB 3.0 non powered hub, and reformatting the drive with NTFS partion vs a Samsung 850 EVO 1 TB internal drive. Not mechanical spinning disk so much more durable