PCMark08 Professional next, and we have split the storage v2 set of results into three graphs. This way, it should be a little easier to read and understand.
Firstly, we have the Adobe Suite of results, simulating most of the web, art and design applications that the average graphical or web designer will use, right up the street of the Lexar Portable SSD. If you want to exclude any drives, click on the legend for the particular drive and it will remove itself from the chart, click again to add it back in.
The Lexar Portable SSD is an average performer here, and slightly behind the older Lexar Professional Workflow DD512. This synthetic benchmark is not a AV or vector cache simulation, this is the application running as if it was on the drive itself, so it will struggle compared to the SATA drives. Struggle is a relative term here though, it’s still an excellent performer and we have included these as a comparison of performance.
Lexar Portable SSD 512GB Storage Review
Package - 8
Performance - 8
Price - 7.5
Consumer Experience - 7.5
7.8
The Lexar Portable SSD is a fast drive, and it is small and compact enough to fit in your pocket. At 62 grams, without the cable, it's also not going to cause a lot of backpack or suitcase issues. There are plenty of portable SSD's out here, and unless you are transporting a sizable back up, you need to consider an SSD external drive, and this is where the Lexar Portable SSD comes good. It's fast enough to be impressive and it's cheap enough to be affordable.