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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 67.7% (140th of 1015)

Based on 114 user benchmarks.  Model: External USB 3.0
Poor: 16%Average: 67.7% Great: 101%

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Above average average bench

The External USB 3.0 3TB averaged 32.3% 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 0.73MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.04MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB 3.0 3TB is 84.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the External USB 3.0 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 68.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 113MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 114 samples)
Rank 14067.7%
Min Avg Max
26.1 Read 118 189
26.3 Write 113 167
21.1 Mixed 68.3 112
25.7 SusWrite 117 180
76.4% 104 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 1.04 2.72
0.47 4K Write 1.95 2.62
0.08 4K Mixed 0.73 1
161% 1.24 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 138 140 138 139 MB/s
78.5% Very good
Read 135
Write 144
Mixed 96.9
SusWrite 139
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.47 MB/s
3TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 140 140 139 138 MB/s
77.8% Very good
Read 132
Write 143
Mixed 108
SusWrite 139
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
184% 1.4 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 139 140 138 137 MB/s
77.3% Very good
Read 131
Write 132
Mixed 89.2
SusWrite 138
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
192% 1.37 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 119 121 121 119 MB/s
75.4% Very good
Read 143
Write 148
Mixed 104
SusWrite 120
95% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.9
183% 1.47 MB/s
538GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 117 117 118 118 117 MB/s
72.1% Very good
Read 136
Write 123
Mixed 82.9
SusWrite 115
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 118 120 119 114 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 125
Write 123
Mixed 73.8
SusWrite 118
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.23 MB/s
734GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 118 121 122 119 MB/s
57.9% Above average
Read 80.6
Write 99.2
Mixed 71.6
SusWrite 121
69% 93 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
211% 1.5 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,334,171 HDDs tested

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Gaming 17%
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Desktop 65%
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Workstation 19%
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Motherboard: Dell Precision T7610

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2650 v21stBench 64%, 1,386 samples64x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v21stBench 75%, 766 samples64x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v21stBench 66%, 1,377 samples40x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples56x
Quadro K5000NvidiaBench 21%, 3,775 samples41x
Quadro K6000Nvidia  $4,000Bench 44%, 1,173 samples24x
SSD
860 1TBSamsungBench 86%, 2,531 samples23x
870 1TBSamsungBench 91%, 1,067 samples19x
860 500GBSamsungBench 89%, 2,934 samples17x
RAM
M393B1G70QH0-CMA 8x8GBSamsungBench 94%, 283 samples34x
HMT41GR7AFR4C-RD 8x8GBHynixBench 94%, 307 samples21x
18JSF1G72PZ-1G9E1 4x8GBMicronBench 77%, 512 samples19x
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