Samsung is one of the latest companies to release a new line of external SSDs. The Samsung T3 series may be a USB 3.0 device, but thanks to its optimization it should be much faster than its predecessor. We got hold of four T3 SSDs: the 250, 500, 1000 and 2000 GB versions.

Early last year, we tested the Samsung T1 1TB. With speeds above 400MB/sec, this SSD's performance blew us away and it received our Gold Award. The T1 remained champion, until the Sandisk Extreme 900 was released a little while ago. Thanks to its up-to-date USB 3.1 interface, the Extreme 900 outperformed other external SSDs.