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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Effective Speed 
+70%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 235,508 user samples
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Best Bench: 113% 3TB free
Worst Bench: 56% 2TB free (System drive)
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
SPEED RANK: 31st / 1015
7 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 71% 15GB free
Worst Bench: 23% 15GB free
Poor: 23% Great: 71%
SPEED RANK: 280th / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed 		88.3 % Much faster effective speed.
+70% 		52 %
Average Score 
+32%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		152 MB/s Faster read speed.
+19% 		128 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		127 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+67% 		76.1 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		0.71 MB/s 1.4 MB/s Hugely faster random read.
+97%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		1.72 MB/s Faster random write.
+27% 		1.35 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		75.6 MB/s Much faster mixed IO speed.
+40% 		54.1 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.72 MB/s 0.99 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+37%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		155 MB/s Hugely faster sustained write speed.
+208% 		50.3 MB/s
Peak Score 
+8%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		200 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+5% 		190 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		177 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+16% 		152 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		0.9 MB/s 2.9 MB/s Hugely faster peak random read.
+222%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		3.11 MB/s Faster peak random write.
+26% 		2.46 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		86.9 MB/s Slightly faster peak mixed IO speed.
+7% 		81.4 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.9 MB/s 1.69 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+88%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		200 MB/s Hugely faster peak sustained write speed.
+202% 		66.2 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+10%
Market Share
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User Rating
UBM User Rating 		55 % Slightly more popular.
+10% 		50 %
Nice To Haves 
+39%
Age
Newest 		153 Months 93+ Months Much more recent.
+39%
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		3TB 16GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 88.3%
Average Bench 52%
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