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Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 38.7% (530th of 1015)

Based on 1,723 user benchmarks.  Model: TO Exter nal USB 3.0
Poor: 14%Average: 38.7% Great: 68%

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Poor average bench

The TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB averaged 61.3% 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 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.48MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB is 54%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 38.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 64.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,723 samples)
Rank 53038.7%
Min Avg Max
25.7 Read 67.5 123
22.9 Write 64.6 121
18 Mixed 38.4 69.8
22.6 SusWrite 67.1 118
43.6% 59.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.55 0.7
0.4 4K Write 1.48 2.3
0.3 4K Mixed 0.63 0.9
121% 0.89 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
389GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 109 111 111 110 MB/s
64.2% Good
Read 113
Write 105
Mixed 59.1
SusWrite 110
71% 96.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
102% 0.63 MB/s
449GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 41 MB/s
26.5% Poor
Read 51
Write 40.2
Mixed 30
SusWrite 41.4
30% 40.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
101% 0.57 MB/s
406GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 27 25 26 26 MB/s
21.6% Poor
Read 49.7
Write 25.7
Mixed 17.9
SusWrite 25.6
22% 29.7 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.3
77% 0.47 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 46%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Asus S400CA

CPU
Core i5-3317UIntel  $225Bench 47%, 26,848 samples217x
Core i3-3217UIntelBench 43%, 28,188 samples58x
Core i7-3517UIntelBench 51%, 8,454 samples23x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples327x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples20x
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples3x
SSD
U100 24GBSandiskBench 31%, 1,395 samples29x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples9x
RAM
8JTF5126 4HZ1G6D 1 1x4GBMicronBench 28%, 804 samples73x
1x4GBElpidaBench 28%, 3,874 samples34x
8JTF5126 4HZ1G6D 1 Hynix HMT325S6CFR8C-PB 6GBMicronBench 40%, 115 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Above average Total price: $225

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