Review on 💾 Samsung BAR Plus 32GB - High Speed USB 3.1 Flash Drive (Titan Gray) - MUF-32BE4/AM by Julio Rattanajatuphorn

The Samsung Bar Plus 32GB drive is beautiful, no question about it. It looks better than any USB drive I've had. It's well made and compact (although it's not too small so it's hard to connect/disconnect or easy to lose) so it doesn't clutter the USB ports around it. . This is great value. I then compared it to my 64GB Lexar ("L") S74 drive (yes, higher capacity drives usually have higher speeds) to see if it was properly utilizing the USB 3.1 bandwidth. "L" disk is the complete opposite of the Samsung Bar Plus in terms of appearance. "L" is bulky, has strong colors, is made of plastic. But in terms of speed, it's a whole different story. Samsung's read speed is almost double the "L" (+60% to be exact) at 224MB/s compared to Lexar's 140MB/s. However, the write speed of "L" is 100MB/s, which is about three times faster than Samsung's 34MB/s. At least for me it makes no sense to have such a high read speed and sacrifice the 3x write speed. For normal work, it is better to have a balanced reading and writing speed. Samsung's 34MB/s TBH isn't bad for a cheap drive and might be ok for general tasks (unless you're in a hurry :-D). Too bad Samsung didn't make good use of the USB 3.1 bandwidth (probably for cost reasons). See images for a more detailed speed comparison. All tests were carried out on the same PC, on the same port (and if possible under the same conditions).