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Portable 2TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 47.7% (339th of 1014)

Based on 411 user benchmarks.  Model: Dell Portable
Poor: 17%Average: 47.7% Great: 68%

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Below average average bench

The Dell Portable 2TB averaged 52.2% 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 2.44MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Dell Portable 2TB is 50.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Dell Portable 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 58.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 70.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 411 samples)
Rank 33947.7%
Min Avg Max
31.4 Read 82.6 118
24.2 Write 70.6 120
26.5 Mixed 58.6 109
25.1 SusWrite 80.3 123
53.9% 73 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.34 4K Read 0.55 0.61
0.56 4K Write 2.44 4.68
0.24 4K Mixed 0.69 1.1
145% 1.23 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
135GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 112 113 113 113 MB/s
95.6% Outstanding
Read 220
Write 21.9
Mixed 76
SusWrite 113
79% 108 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 1.1
221% 1.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 96 95 95 95 95 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 98.3
Write 74.4
Mixed 49.1
SusWrite 93.9
58% 78.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.13 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 84 81 87 85 MB/s
53.5% Above average
Read 102
Write 62.9
Mixed 55.4
SusWrite 84.3
56% 76.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.1 MB/s
809GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 77 78 76 80 78 MB/s
53.4% Above average
Read 108
Write 55.5
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 78.2
54% 73.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.1 MB/s
716GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 76 73 76 79 74 MB/s
52.9% Above average
Read 108
Write 101
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 75.8
64% 87.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
155% 1.03 MB/s
788GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 82 84 84 85 85 MB/s
48.4% Average
Read 83.8
Write 55
Mixed 49.5
SusWrite 84.2
50% 68.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.8
168% 1.43 MB/s
59GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 63 63 63 64 64 MB/s
45.4% Average
Read 93.5
Write 44
Mixed 53.4
SusWrite 63.7
47% 63.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.9
205% 1.93 MB/s
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Desktop 95%
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Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING - $210

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples7,119x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples1,240x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples565x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples1,664x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples1,205x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples654x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples537x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples499x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples425x
RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples562x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples511x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $127Bench 91%, 87,239 samples473x
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