Just to clarify by USB SSD, I mean a 2.5" SSD with an USB adapter and not the expensive USB-SSD like Samsung T5.
Reg the cheap SSD, yes also the benchmarks show the cheapest SSD (Crucial BX 500) on the top. I'm not certain, why this is so; I think it is because people put the cheapest SSD due to RPi limitation but then again Samsung SSD in those benchmark score less which scored high in actual SSD benchmarks for PC.
I think the conditions in the RPi doesn't bring out the best performance from Samsung's controller but does so with Crucial/JMicron. SD cards are supposed to be much more reliable than SSD, it is our improper application that's causing it to fail especially in the OC RPi.
Reg the cheap SSD, yes also the benchmarks show the cheapest SSD (Crucial BX 500) on the top. I'm not certain, why this is so; I think it is because people put the cheapest SSD due to RPi limitation but then again Samsung SSD in those benchmark score less which scored high in actual SSD benchmarks for PC.
I think the conditions in the RPi doesn't bring out the best performance from Samsung's controller but does so with Crucial/JMicron. SD cards are supposed to be much more reliable than SSD, it is our improper application that's causing it to fail especially in the OC RPi.