diff --git a/integration_test/network_smb_listing_test.dart b/integration_test/network_smb_listing_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5025a967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration_test/network_smb_listing_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:integration_test/integration_test.dart';
+import 'package:spotiflac_android/services/network_storage_service.dart';
+
+import '../test/support/library_collections_benchmark.dart';
+import '../test/support/smb_listing_benchmark.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  final binding = IntegrationTestWidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+  final report = <String, dynamic>{
+    'platform': Platform.operatingSystem,
+    'note':
+        'SMB result adapter/sort only, no live server or network throughput/FPS claim.',
+  };
+  var completed = 0;
+  tearDownAll(() {
+    report['completed_cases'] = completed;
+    binding.reportData ??= {};
+    binding.reportData!['smb_listing'] = report;
+  });
+  for (final count in [32, 256, 1024, 4096, 10000, 50000]) {
+    testWidgets('prepare $count SMB entries', (tester) async {
+      final input = await compute(smbListingFixture, count);
+      final expected = smbListingRows(legacySmbListing(input));
+      final samples = <String, List<Map<String, int>>>{
+        for (final kind in ['legacy', 'current']) kind: [],
+      };
+      legacySmbListing(input);
+      await NetworkStorageService.prepareSmbEntries(input.files, input.path);
+      for (var pair = 0; pair < 5; pair++) {
+        for (final kind
+            in pair.isEven ? samples.keys : samples.keys.toList().reversed) {
+          final result = await measureCollectionOperation<List<NetworkEntry>>(
+            () => switch (kind) {
+              'legacy' => legacySmbListing(input),
+              _ => NetworkStorageService.prepareSmbEntries(
+                input.files,
+                input.path,
+              ),
+            },
+          );
+          expect(smbListingRows(result.value), expected);
+          expect(input.files.length, count);
+          samples[kind]!.add(result.timing);
+        }
+      }
+      report['entries_$count'] = samples;
+      completed++;
+    });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/services/network_storage_service.dart b/lib/services/network_storage_service.dart
index 34639649..56078d3c 100644
--- a/lib/services/network_storage_service.dart
+++ b/lib/services/network_storage_service.dart
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import 'dart:io';
 import 'dart:math';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 import 'package:crypto/crypto.dart';
+import 'package:dart_smb2/dart_smb2.dart' show Smb2DirEntry;
 
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
@@ -16,6 +17,23 @@ import 'package:xml/xml.dart';
 
 part 'network_storage_upload.dart';
 
+typedef _SmbListingInput = ({
+  List<({String name, bool directory, int size})> files,
+  String path,
+});
+
+List<NetworkEntry> _prepareSmbListingInBackground(_SmbListingInput input) =>
+    NetworkStorageService._sorted([
+      for (final file in input.files)
+        if (file.name != '.' && file.name != '..')
+          NetworkEntry(
+            '${input.path}${file.name}${file.directory ? '/' : ''}',
+            file.name,
+            directory: file.directory,
+            size: file.size,
+          ),
+    ]);
+
 List<NetworkEntry> _parseNetworkListingInBackground(
   Map<String, dynamic> request,
 ) {
@@ -447,24 +465,16 @@ class NetworkStorageService {
         ]);
       }
       final smb = await _smb(c, target);
+      final List<Smb2DirEntry> files;
       try {
-        final files = await smb.list().timeout(timeout);
-        return _sorted([
-          for (final file in files)
-            if (file.name != '.' && file.name != '..')
-              NetworkEntry(
-                '$path${file.name}${file.stat.isDirectory ? '/' : ''}',
-                file.name,
-                directory: file.stat.isDirectory,
-                size: file.stat.size,
-              ),
-        ]);
+        files = await smb.list().timeout(timeout);
       } finally {
         // A failed disconnect must not hide the original share/login error.
         try {
           await smb.close();
         } catch (_) {}
       }
+      return prepareSmbEntries(files, path);
     }
     final client = _client();
     try {
@@ -506,12 +516,43 @@ class NetworkStorageService {
     }
   }
 
-  static List<NetworkEntry> _sorted(List<NetworkEntry> entries) =>
-      entries..sort(
-        (a, b) => a.directory != b.directory
-            ? (a.directory ? -1 : 1)
-            : a.name.toLowerCase().compareTo(b.name.toLowerCase()),
-      );
+  /// Large SMB listings arrive from native I/O as plain stat objects. Transfer
+  /// only fields used by the browser, avoiding copies of unused timestamps.
+  static Future<List<NetworkEntry>> prepareSmbEntries(
+    List<Smb2DirEntry> files,
+    String path,
+  ) async {
+    final input = (
+      path: path,
+      files: [
+        for (final file in files)
+          (
+            name: file.name,
+            directory: file.stat.isDirectory,
+            size: file.stat.size,
+          ),
+      ],
+    );
+    // Small lists are cheaper inline; large sorts must leave the UI isolate.
+    if (files.length < 4096) return _prepareSmbListingInBackground(input);
+    return compute(_prepareSmbListingInBackground, input);
+  }
+
+  static List<NetworkEntry> _sorted(List<NetworkEntry> entries) {
+    final keyed =
+        [
+          for (final entry in entries)
+            (entry: entry, key: entry.name.toLowerCase()),
+        ]..sort(
+          (a, b) => a.entry.directory != b.entry.directory
+              ? (a.entry.directory ? -1 : 1)
+              : a.key.compareTo(b.key),
+        );
+    for (var index = 0; index < entries.length; index++) {
+      entries[index] = keyed[index].entry;
+    }
+    return entries;
+  }
 
   static List<NetworkEntry> parseListing(
     NetworkConnection c,
diff --git a/test/network_smb_listing_test.dart b/test/network_smb_listing_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7a59ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/network_smb_listing_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import 'package:dart_smb2/dart_smb2.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:spotiflac_android/services/network_storage_service.dart';
+
+import 'support/smb_listing_benchmark.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  for (final count in [0, 1, 32, 256, 4095, 4096, 10000]) {
+    test(
+      'SMB adapter retains original order and values for $count entries',
+      () async {
+        final input = smbListingFixture(count);
+        final original = [...input.files];
+        final expected = smbListingRows(legacySmbListing(input));
+        final result = await NetworkStorageService.prepareSmbEntries(
+          input.files,
+          input.path,
+        );
+        expect(smbListingRows(result), expected);
+        expect(input.files, original);
+        expect(
+          result.any((entry) => entry.name == '.' || entry.name == '..'),
+          isFalse,
+        );
+      },
+    );
+  }
+
+  test(
+    'case ties, links, literal paths and large sizes retain their semantics',
+    () async {
+      final date = DateTime.utc(2026);
+      final input = (
+        path: '100% + #1/日本語/',
+        files: [
+          for (final (name, type, size) in [
+            ('Same', Smb2FileType.file, 9007199254740991),
+            ('SAME', Smb2FileType.directory, 1),
+            ('same', Smb2FileType.file, 2),
+            ('same', Smb2FileType.link, 3),
+            ('İ.dot', Smb2FileType.file, 4),
+            ('i.dot', Smb2FileType.file, 5),
+            ('literal%20 #+.mp3', Smb2FileType.file, 6),
+            ('..', Smb2FileType.directory, 0),
+            ('.', Smb2FileType.directory, 0),
+          ])
+            Smb2DirEntry(
+              name: name,
+              stat: Smb2Stat(
+                type: type,
+                size: size,
+                modified: date,
+                created: date,
+              ),
+            ),
+        ],
+      );
+      final result = await NetworkStorageService.prepareSmbEntries(
+        input.files,
+        input.path,
+      );
+      expect(smbListingRows(result), smbListingRows(legacySmbListing(input)));
+      expect(result.first.path, '100% + #1/日本語/SAME/');
+      expect(result.where((entry) => entry.directory), hasLength(1));
+      expect(result.singleWhere((entry) => entry.size == 3).directory, isFalse);
+      expect(result.any((entry) => entry.size == 9007199254740991), isTrue);
+    },
+  );
+}
diff --git a/test/support/smb_listing_benchmark.dart b/test/support/smb_listing_benchmark.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..068dd473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/support/smb_listing_benchmark.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import 'dart:math';
+
+import 'package:dart_smb2/dart_smb2.dart';
+import 'package:spotiflac_android/services/network_storage_service.dart';
+
+typedef SmbListingInput = ({List<Smb2DirEntry> files, String path});
+
+// Frozen adapter and comparator from NetworkStorageService.list/_sorted.
+List<NetworkEntry> legacySmbListing(SmbListingInput input) =>
+    [
+      for (final file in input.files)
+        if (file.name != '.' && file.name != '..')
+          NetworkEntry(
+            '${input.path}${file.name}${file.stat.isDirectory ? '/' : ''}',
+            file.name,
+            directory: file.stat.isDirectory,
+            size: file.stat.size,
+          ),
+    ]..sort(
+      (a, b) => a.directory != b.directory
+          ? (a.directory ? -1 : 1)
+          : a.name.toLowerCase().compareTo(b.name.toLowerCase()),
+    );
+
+SmbListingInput smbListingFixture(int count) {
+  const names = [
+    'Track',
+    'track',
+    'Ångström',
+    'İstanbul',
+    '音楽 🎵',
+    'Κόσμος',
+    'ß',
+  ];
+  final random = Random(8127);
+  final files = List.generate(count, (index) {
+    final directory = index % 7 == 0;
+    return Smb2DirEntry(
+      name: switch (index) {
+        0 => '.',
+        1 => '..',
+        _ =>
+          '${names[index % names.length]} — ${index % 400 == 3 ? 'SAME' : index.toString()} Album with spaces #1${directory ? '' : '.flac'}',
+      },
+      stat: Smb2Stat(
+        type: directory ? Smb2FileType.directory : Smb2FileType.file,
+        size: 1000000000 + index,
+        modified: DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(
+          1700000000000 + index,
+          isUtc: true,
+        ),
+        created: DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(
+          1600000000000 + index,
+          isUtc: true,
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+  })..shuffle(random);
+  return (files: files, path: 'Folder #1/');
+}
+
+List<Object?> smbListingRows(List<NetworkEntry> entries) => [
+  for (final entry in entries)
+    [entry.path, entry.name, entry.directory, entry.size],
+];