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USB3.0 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 25.5% (850th of 1015)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: ASMT USB3.0
Poor: 11%Average: 25.5% Great: 43%

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Very poor average bench

The Asmt USB3.0 250GB averaged 74.4% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.75MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.62MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asmt USB3.0 250GB is 31.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Asmt USB3.0 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 37.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 33.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 85025.5%
Min Avg Max
19.4 Read 51.1 97.9
16.4 Write 44.6 134
16 Mixed 33.5 62.1
5.5 SusWrite 37.6 118
30.8% 41.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.62 0.7
1.1 4K Write 1.23 1.9
0.5 4K Mixed 0.75 1
132% 0.87 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
232GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 114 119 117 120 MB/s
62.1% Good
Read 97.9
Write 134
Mixed 62.1
SusWrite 118
75% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.2 MB/s
92GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 55 56 55 MB/s
41.9% Average
Read 90.4
Write 52.3
Mixed 44.9
SusWrite 55.4
45% 60.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
192GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 55 56 56 56 MB/s
39.8% Below average
Read 83
Write 65.7
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 55.5
46% 62.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 MB/s
13.1% Very poor
Read 39.4
Write 41.1
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 5.8
22% 29 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.4 MB/s
12.8% Very poor
Read 38.7
Write 40.2
Mixed 29.4
SusWrite 5.6
21% 28.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
233GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 MB/s
12.4% Very poor
Read 37.2
Write 38.8
Mixed 28.6
SusWrite 5.5
20% 27.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asus TUF B450-PRO GAMING

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples484x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples160x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples155x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples92x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples89x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples88x
SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples46x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples42x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples36x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples73x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples52x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $352

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