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USB Portable HDD 320GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2015.

Average Bench: 41.5% (476th of 1015)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: Dell USB Portable HDD
Poor: 16%Average: 41.5% Great: 59%

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Below average average bench

The Dell USB Portable HDD 320GB averaged 58.5% 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 0.52MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.3MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Dell USB Portable HDD 320GB is 43.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Dell USB Portable HDD 320GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 43.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 58.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 47641.5%
Min Avg Max
27.7 Read 76.4 102
26.4 Write 58.4 97.5
15.8 Mixed 43.9 88.1
37.7 SusWrite 70 104
45.7% 62.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.47 0.7
0.47 4K Write 1.3 1.9
0.29 4K Mixed 0.52 0.8
102% 0.76 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
31GB free
Firmware: 040D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 103 105 105 105 MB/s
59.3% Above average
Read 102
Write 93.3
Mixed 53.4
SusWrite 104
65% 88.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1.13 MB/s
224GB free
Firmware: 040D
57.2% Above average
Read 102
Write 97.5
Mixed 88.1
72% 96 MB/s
4K Read 0.43
4K Write 0.47
4K Mixed 0.29
59% 0.4 MB/s
262GB free
Firmware: 0412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 97 98 99 98 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 96.8
Write 59.9
Mixed 51.3
SusWrite 97.9
56% 76.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: 040D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 84 80 83 83 MB/s
49.4% Average
Read 89.1
Write 57.8
Mixed 52.6
SusWrite 83.2
52% 70.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
114% 0.77 MB/s
206GB free
Firmware: 040D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 38 38 38 MB/s
39.4% Below average
Read 99.6
Write 37.4
Mixed 44
SusWrite 37.7
40% 54.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
90% 0.53 MB/s
81GB free
Firmware: 040D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 56 57 57 57 MB/s
32.4% Below average
Read 56.1
Write 53.5
Mixed 19.4
SusWrite 56.5
34% 46.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
128GB free
Firmware: 040D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 40 40 41 41 MB/s
22.6% Poor
Read 37.7
Write 41.5
Mixed 15.8
SusWrite 40.6
25% 33.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.9 MB/s

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,031x
Core i7-2600Intel  $187Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,573x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples936x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,047x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples826x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples457x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples426x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples517x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $325

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