In our throughput tests, the peak average read performance came at the 16MB block mark at 980.81MB/s while the peak write figure of 1,013MB/s also came at the end of the test run at the 16MB block mark.
With its combination of a Samsung NVMe SSD and USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface, the T7 Shield is a fast performing external drive. Its read/write results of 980.81MB/s and 1,013.01MB/s respectively make it the fastest USB 3.2 Gen 2 consumer external drive we’ve seen to date in our throughput tests.