USB3.0 3TB

USB3.0 3TB
BENCHMARKS (90)
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Effective Speed -41%Effective Speed -41%Average Score -36%Read -35%, Write -40%, 4K Read -73%, 4K Write -12%, Mixed -18%, 4K Mixed -25%, SusWrite -49%Peak Score -4%Read -1%, Write -15%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write 4%, Mixed 32%, 4K Mixed 8%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +28% Age 28%

Barracuda 1TB (2016)

Blue 1TB (2012)

Barracuda 2TB (2016)

Barracuda 3TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 62.5% (176^th of 1015)

Based on 90 user benchmarks. Model: USB3.0

Poor: 11%Average: 62.5% Great: 109%

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Above average average bench

The USB3.0 3TB averaged 37.4% 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 0.69MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.92MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB3.0 3TB is 97.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the USB3.0 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 69.7MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 102MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 90 samples)

Rank 17662.5%

Min	Avg	Max
29.1	Read 115	197
25.1	Write 103	163
20.3	Mixed 69.7	130
9.1	SusWrite 102	195
71.6% 97.3 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.4	4K Read 0.75	1.1
0.56	4K Write 1.92	2.6
0.18	4K Mixed 0.69	1.1
143% 1.12 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

ITA-User, 2 months ago.

497GB free

Firmware: 9128

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 128 129 128 128 MB/s

72.8% Very good

Write 128

Mixed 101

SusWrite 128

89% 120 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.9

181% 1.33 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

123GB free

Firmware: 0101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 108 110 111 121 MB/s

72% Very good

Write 172

Mixed 51.9

SusWrite 111

86% 119 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.5

134% 1.17 MB/s

KOR-User, 6 months ago.

179GB free

Firmware: 0101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 108 111 109 110 MB/s

59.5% Above average

Write 106

Mixed 19.9

SusWrite 110

60% 83.2 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.7

156% 1.23 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 months ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 0101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 40 42 42 41 MB/s

22.6% Poor

Write 39.5

Mixed 35.7

SusWrite 40.9

28% 38.3 MB/s

4K Read 1.5

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.7

172% 1.3 MB/s

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Gaming 164%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 187%

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Motherboard: Asrock X570 Taichi - $213

CPU
Ryzen 9 3900XAMD $395Bench 88%, 197,342 samples	398x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	381x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	333x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	271x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	151x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	144x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	171x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	115x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	71x

RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples	121x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 106%, 11,505 samples	67x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 4x16GBG.SKILLBench 110%, 12,538 samples	38x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $1,323

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

USB3.0 3TB

Average Bench: 62.5% (176^th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 62.5% (176^th of 1015)