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Intenso

USB 3.0 device 5TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 52.5% (275th of 1015)

Based on 186 user benchmarks.  Model: Intenso USB 3.0 device
Poor: 11%Average: 52.5% Great: 87%

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Average average bench

The Intenso USB 3.0 device 5TB averaged 47.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 4.07MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.62MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intenso USB 3.0 device 5TB is 75.8%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Intenso USB 3.0 device 5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 30.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 75.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 186 samples)
Rank 27552.5%
Min Avg Max
24.1 Read 84.4 147
12.9 Write 75.6 136
16 Mixed 30.4 65.6
10.7 SusWrite 97.5 172
52.3% 72 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.05 1.4
1.24 4K Write 4.07 6.9
0.2 4K Mixed 0.62 0.96
188% 1.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 172 175 171 171 177 MB/s
77% Very good
Read 99.9
Write 108
Mixed 31
SusWrite 168
74% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.6
180% 1.9 MB/s
76GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 145 147 144 140 MB/s
71.4% Very good
Read 104
Write 125
Mixed 29.7
SusWrite 143
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.7
205% 2.1 MB/s
148GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 147 147 147 142 145 MB/s
70.2% Very good
Read 99.1
Write 115
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 144
70% 96.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.6
196% 2.03 MB/s
423GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 98 97 91 96 MB/s
51% Above average
Read 81.6
Write 67.5
Mixed 31
SusWrite 95
50% 68.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.5
174% 1.93 MB/s
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Gaming 41%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: MSI B150M MORTAR (MS-7972) - $200

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples404x
Core i7-6700Intel  $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples147x
Core i5-6400Intel  $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples142x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples237x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples112x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia  $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples94x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples75x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples42x
RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX  $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples61x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX  $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples52x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GBCorsair  $46Bench 69%, 47,721 samples43x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $551

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