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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 84.8% (48th of 1015)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: USB 3.1 Storage
Poor: 40%Average: 84.8% Great: 98%

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Very good average bench

The USB 3.1 Storage 4TB averaged just 15.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the USB 3.1 Storage 4TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.84MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB 3.1 Storage 4TB is 58%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the USB 3.1 Storage 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 89.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 139MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 4884.8%
Min Avg Max
118 Read 149 166
24.1 Write 139 173
36.2 Mixed 89.4 130
20.2 SusWrite 146 176
96.2% 131 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.84 4
0.2 4K Write 2.79 4.3
0.3 4K Mixed 0.83 1.1
220% 1.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 176 172 175 176 MB/s
97.9% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 162
Mixed 76.4
SusWrite 175
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.57 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 173 171 179 178 178 MB/s
96.7% Outstanding
Read 161
Write 173
Mixed 75.4
SusWrite 176
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
203% 1.53 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 163 185 182 187 182 MB/s
93.7% Outstanding
Read 151
Write 154
Mixed 124
SusWrite 174
112% 151 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.7
283% 2.6 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 162 163 165 164 164 MB/s
89.6% Excellent
Read 149
Write 163
Mixed 74.5
SusWrite 164
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.57 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 166 172 176 179 177 MB/s
88.8% Excellent
Read 140
Write 149
Mixed 103
SusWrite 167
103% 140 MB/s
4K Read 7
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.8
458% 4 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 150 136 140 141 141 MB/s
87.6% Excellent
Read 162
Write 160
Mixed 109
SusWrite 143
106% 143 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
199% 1.5 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 22 19 20 20 20 MB/s
39.9% Below average
Read 118
Write 24.1
Mixed 36.2
SusWrite 20.2
36% 49.6 MB/s
4K Read 4
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
204% 1.5 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,489,398 HDDs tested

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Gaming 182%
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Desktop 94%
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Workstation
Workstation 279%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-TRX40 AORUS XTREME

CPU
Ryzen TR 3960XAMD  $1,350Bench 87%, 6,609 samples56x
Ryzen TR 3970XAMD  $1,900Bench 86%, 5,130 samples49x
Ryzen TR 3990XAMDBench 86%, 1,222 samples26x
GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia  $1,135Bench 210%, 158,856 samples55x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples11x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples9x
SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $160Bench 402%, 182,136 samples16x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung  $159Bench 336%, 200,600 samples10x
Array 1 8TBAmd-raidBench 257%, 85 samples7x
RAM
9905734-003.A00G 4x31.8GBKingstonBench 200%, 43 samples10x
CMW256GX4M8E3200C16 8x31.9GBCorsairBench 144%, 120 samples5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 8x16GBG.SKILLBench 127%, 259 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $2,645

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