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Exter nal USB 3.0 3TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 67.1% (145th of 1015)

Based on 246 user benchmarks.  Model: TO Exter nal USB 3.0
Poor: 17%Average: 67.1% Great: 107%

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Above average average bench

The TO Exter nal USB 3.0 3TB averaged 32.8% 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 2.08MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 3TB is 90%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 111MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 246 samples)
Rank 14567.1%
Min Avg Max
32.1 Read 119 190
26.8 Write 111 176
24.7 Mixed 73.7 139
17.8 SusWrite 113 189
76.6% 104 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.8 1.1
0.5 4K Write 2.08 4.44
0.18 4K Mixed 0.69 1
148% 1.19 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
528GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 143 141 145 143 145 MB/s
80.9% Excellent
Read 139
Write 112
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 143
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 144 145 144 144 MB/s
79.5% Very good
Read 132
Write 148
Mixed 111
SusWrite 144
99% 134 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
197% 1.47 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 114 112 113 112 112 MB/s
66.4% Good
Read 120
Write 113
Mixed 70.8
SusWrite 111
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.4 MB/s
301GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 7.1 7 7.1 7 7.1 MB/s
12.9% Very poor
Read 37
Write 37.2
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 7.1
22% 28.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
205% 1.4 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,602,545 HDDs tested

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Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples886x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples762x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD  $190Bench 76%, 159,077 samples210x
GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia  $234Bench 90%, 645,160 samples324x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples298x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples279x
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A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples117x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples112x
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples97x
RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples142x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples141x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $33Bench 82%, 163,634 samples121x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 85% - Excellent Total price: $402

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