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Extemal

usb3.0 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2020.

Average Bench: 48.6% (327th of 1015)

Based on 30 user benchmarks.  Model: Extemal usb3.0
Poor: 16%Average: 48.6% Great: 76%

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Below average average bench

The Extemal usb3.0 1TB averaged 51.4% 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 0.54MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.81MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Extemal usb3.0 1TB is 60.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Extemal usb3.0 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 44MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 82.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 30 samples)
Rank 32748.6%
Min Avg Max
19.3 Read 82.3 161
34.3 Write 84.5 139
7.5 Mixed 44 106
19.3 SusWrite 86.6 152
54.4% 74.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.81 2
0.2 4K Write 1.82 4.1
0.1 4K Mixed 0.54 0.9
127% 1.06 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
395GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 103 102 101 98 101 MB/s
56.1% Above average
Read 94.8
Write 103
Mixed 38.4
SusWrite 100
61% 84.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.17 MB/s
239GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 78 77 78 78 78 MB/s
45.2% Average
Read 80.3
Write 54.2
Mixed 48.1
SusWrite 77
48% 64.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 1.07 MB/s
329GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 102 104 107 MB/s
43.3% Average
Read 47.9
Write 55.2
Mixed 65.8
SusWrite 103
50% 67.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
112% 0.9 MB/s
52GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 40 MB/s
26% Poor
Read 49.9
Write 35.7
Mixed 23.6
SusWrite 40.6
28% 37.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
101% 0.7 MB/s
685GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 10 11 10 11 MB/s
5.47% Terrible
Read 8.5
Write 10.7
Mixed 9.9
SusWrite 10.5
7% 9.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
17% 0.13 MB/s
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Gaming 11%
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Workstation 10%
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System: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 15-bl1XX

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples286x
GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples203x
MX150-0NvidiaBench 14%, 29,453 samples78x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1x
SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples87x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples62x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba  $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples36x
RAM
HP26D4S9S8MHF-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 2,285 samples86x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples50x
HP26D4S9S8MH-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 70%, 2,916 samples27x
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