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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 55.8% (237th of 1015)

Based on 236 user benchmarks.  Model: USB3.0
Poor: 13%Average: 55.8% Great: 104%

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Average average bench

The USB3.0 2TB averaged 44.2% 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 0.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.13MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB3.0 2TB is 90.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the USB3.0 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 69.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 89.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 236 samples)
Rank 23755.8%
Min Avg Max
19.5 Read 103 194
22.3 Write 95.5 173
20.6 Mixed 69.7 129
15 SusWrite 89.9 186
65.9% 89.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 1.13 4.51
0.5 4K Write 1.97 5.6
0.1 4K Mixed 0.7 1.4
162% 1.27 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: 0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 119 117 118 121 MB/s
67% Good
Read 115
Write 113
Mixed 82
SusWrite 119
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.2 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 104 101 100 103 MB/s
63% Good
Read 118
Write 108
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 102
70% 96.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
123% 1 MB/s
236GB free
Firmware: 0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 97 96 95 95 96 MB/s
47.2% Average
Read 69.7
Write 77.6
Mixed 60.6
SusWrite 94.6
56% 75.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.13 MB/s
3GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s
24.4% Poor
Read 50
Write 35.7
Mixed 26
SusWrite 34.8
27% 36.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
101% 0.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,902,326 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 152%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 151%
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Motherboard: MSI MEG Z390 GODLIKE (MS-7B10) - $600

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel  $385Bench 98%, 354,223 samples829x
Core i9-9900KSIntelBench 99%, 12,840 samples110x
Core i7-9700KIntel  $240Bench 97%, 550,833 samples44x
GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples316x
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,400Bench 210%, 158,856 samples99x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia  $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples91x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples95x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $100Bench 297%, 331,647 samples83x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $265Bench 327%, 38,669 samples53x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $156Bench 91%, 87,239 samples33x
CMW32GX4M2C3200C16 4x16GBCorsairBench 91%, 18,655 samples31x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $1,682

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