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USB 3.0 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 59.1% (197th of 1015)

Based on 288 user benchmarks.  Model: External USB 3.0
Poor: 17%Average: 59.1% Great: 107%

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Average average bench

The External USB 3.0 1TB averaged 40.9% 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 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.92MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB 3.0 1TB is 90.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the External USB 3.0 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 94MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 288 samples)
Rank 19759.1%
Min Avg Max
27.4 Read 104 195
25.3 Write 94 176
22 Mixed 63.9 112
27.1 SusWrite 102 187
66.8% 90.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.34 4K Read 0.92 1.5
0.6 4K Write 1.8 3.1
0.2 4K Mixed 0.78 1.2
159% 1.17 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
845GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 198 200 198 199 200 MB/s
113% Outstanding
Read 197
Write 158
Mixed 89.7
SusWrite 197
117% 160 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.8
161% 1.23 MB/s
185GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 159 155 165 158 161 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 103
Write 90.7
Mixed 53
SusWrite 160
74% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.7
145% 1.23 MB/s
151GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 120 123 121 121 MB/s
68.1% Good
Read 116
Write 114
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 120
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
221% 1.57 MB/s
155GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 47 47 47 50 MB/s
34.3% Below average
Read 72.2
Write 75.5
Mixed 54.5
SusWrite 47.1
46% 62.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
23GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 58 59 59 MB/s
27.5% Poor
Read 38.7
Write 54.8
Mixed 48.9
SusWrite 56
37% 49.6 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.1
122% 1.53 MB/s
296GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
23.9% Poor
Read 40.9
Write 41.2
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 42
30% 40 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1 MB/s
839GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s
22.5% Poor
Read 39.3
Write 41
Mixed 33.6
SusWrite 38.6
28% 38.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.83 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 20 21 21 21 20 MB/s
16.1% Very poor
Read 34.8
Write 35.2
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 20.7
23% 30.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 1.1
211% 1.33 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,947,860 HDDs tested

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Desktop 90%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS PRO WIFI - $140

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples1,408x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $138Bench 86%, 635,419 samples964x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $105Bench 96%, 383,420 samples757x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples550x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples481x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $140Bench 90%, 645,160 samples437x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $120Bench 228%, 180,890 samples245x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples194x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 275%, 495,311 samples183x
RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples381x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples333x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples299x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $748

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