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Release date ≈ Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 31.6% (679th of 1014)

Based on 99 user benchmarks.  Model: USB 3.0
Poor: 14%Average: 31.6% Great: 56%

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Poor average bench

The USB 3.0 320GB averaged 68.3% 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 0.62MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.33MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB 3.0 320GB is 41.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the USB 3.0 320GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 34.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 52.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 99 samples)
Rank 67931.6%
Min Avg Max
26.8 Read 56.8 102
14.7 Write 52.7 102
17.4 Mixed 34.1 63.4
15.9 SusWrite 53.3 107
36.2% 49.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.51 0.7
0.4 4K Write 1.33 2.1
0.14 4K Mixed 0.62 0.9
115% 0.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
264GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 107 107 108 107 MB/s
56.6% Above average
Read 90
Write 104
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 107
61% 84.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.87 MB/s
196GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 66 61 53 70 MB/s
34.3% Below average
Read 55.4
Write 42.4
Mixed 16
SusWrite 64
32% 44.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
68GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 50 49 50 50 49 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 51
Write 50.8
Mixed 28.9
SusWrite 49
33% 44.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.83 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s
21.9% Poor
Read 53.9
Write 32.8
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 21.9
26% 35.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s
17% Very poor
Read 37
Write 40.9
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 21.8
25% 33.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,311,147 HDDs tested

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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 49%
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Workstation 2%
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System: Toshiba Satellite C855

CPU
Core i3-3120MIntel  $100Bench 50%, 14,372 samples23x
Core i3-3110MIntel  $70Bench 48%, 34,445 samples17x
Core i3-2370MIntel  $272Bench 49%, 10,169 samples13x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples50x
HD Graphics (G2 Pentium/Celeron 1.1/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 45,735 samples29x
HD 3000 (Mobile V1 1.1/1.2 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 209,058 samples19x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples3x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples2x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples2x
RAM
TSB1600D3S1ELD/4GE 1x4GBKingstonBench 24%, 471 samples11x
TSB1600D3S1ELD/4GE Samsung M471B5773CHS-CK0 6GBKingstonBench 43%, 127 samples6x
M471B5273CH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 5,120 samples6x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $129

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