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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 44.1% (426th of 1015)

Based on 3,447 user benchmarks.  Model: TO Exter nal USB 3.0
Poor: 16%Average: 44.1% Great: 81%

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Below average average bench

The TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB averaged 55.8% 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 0.69MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.95MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB is 65.6%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 47.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 72.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,447 samples)
Rank 42644.1%
Min Avg Max
25.4 Read 75.8 145
21.7 Write 72.5 137
20.2 Mixed 47.5 101
23.9 SusWrite 77.6 138
50.2% 68.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.82 1.76
0.5 4K Write 1.95 4.37
0.2 4K Mixed 0.69 1.1
147% 1.15 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
87GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 98 98 97 98 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 98.7
Write 98.5
Mixed 57.6
SusWrite 97.1
65% 88 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.13 MB/s
208GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 98 97 97 97 97 MB/s
55.7% Above average
Read 96
Write 101
Mixed 61.4
SusWrite 97.7
65% 89 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.9
186% 1.47 MB/s
540GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 106 105 106 104 MB/s
53.1% Above average
Read 81
Write 83.2
Mixed 31.8
SusWrite 104
55% 75.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
119% 0.77 MB/s
66GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 96 96 91 94 95 MB/s
44.5% Average
Read 71.4
Write 88.5
Mixed 94
SusWrite 83.3
63% 84.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0
80% 0.73 MB/s
178GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 105 100 102 101 MB/s
43.8% Average
Read 50.7
Write 74.4
Mixed 71.9
SusWrite 102
56% 74.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
94% 0.77 MB/s
812GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 37 37 MB/s
20.3% Poor
Read 33.4
Write 34.3
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 36.6
24% 33.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
174% 1.27 MB/s
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Gaming 7%
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Desktop 55%
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Workstation 7%
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System: Lenovo 20378

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples1,358x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples1,008x
Core i5-4210HIntelBench 55%, 12,540 samples228x
GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples1,781x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 16%, 18,736 samples627x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples404x
SSD
MZ7TE512HMHP-000 512GBSamsungBench 75%, 3,033 samples136x
MZ7TE256HMHP-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 69%, 2,145 samples128x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples102x
RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples416x
RMT3160ME68FAF1600 2x8GBRamaxelBench 52%, 3,672 samples236x
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples219x
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