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USB Portable HDD 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 40.6% (490th of 1015)

Based on 66 user benchmarks.  Model: Dell USB Portable HDD
Poor: 15%Average: 40.6% Great: 62%

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Below average average bench

The Dell USB Portable HDD 500GB averaged 59.3% 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 0.44MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.46MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Dell USB Portable HDD 500GB is 46.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Dell USB Portable HDD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 51.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 67.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 66 samples)
Rank 49040.6%
Min Avg Max
28.9 Read 71.8 110
17.5 Write 67.7 107
21.1 Mixed 51.1 99.6
19.5 SusWrite 70.7 108
48.2% 65.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.28 4K Read 0.46 0.52
0.4 4K Write 0.9 1.67
0.13 4K Mixed 0.44 0.7
84.4% 0.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: 040D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 111 113 113 112 MB/s
62.3% Good
Read 105
Write 108
Mixed 37.8
SusWrite 112
66% 90.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
107% 0.93 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 040D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 111 103 109 108 110 MB/s
61.1% Good
Read 106
Write 109
Mixed 38
SusWrite 107
65% 89.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.9 MB/s
360GB free
Firmware: 040D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 104 104 106 105 105 MB/s
56.9% Above average
Read 94.2
Write 93.3
Mixed 53.4
SusWrite 104
63% 86.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.6
100% 0.6 MB/s
25GB free
Firmware: 0412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 88 89 88 MB/s
46.5% Average
Read 74.1
Write 80.8
Mixed 46.8
SusWrite 88
53% 72.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
115% 0.7 MB/s
263GB free
Firmware: 0412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 79 73 77 79 MB/s
45.6% Average
Read 81.2
Write 96.1
Mixed 54.1
SusWrite 77.9
57% 77.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
117% 0.73 MB/s
323GB free
Firmware: 0412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 37 36 36 39 MB/s
24.8% Poor
Read 50.1
Write 35.2
Mixed 29.1
SusWrite 36.2
28% 37.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.63 MB/s
339GB free
Firmware: 0412
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 40 40 41 41 MB/s
22.3% Poor
Read 37.6
Write 38.6
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 39.9
27% 36.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.63 MB/s
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Gaming 12%
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Desktop 73%
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Workstation 11%
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7050

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples1,625x
Core i5-7500Intel  $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples858x
Core i5-6500Intel  $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples618x
GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples2,208x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples1,363x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples167x
SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba  $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples151x
KingFast 1TBBench 95%, 2,943 samples147x
1100 SATA 256GBMicronBench 73%, 16,265 samples93x
RAM
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 73%, 3,256 samples239x
HMA851U6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,458 samples210x
HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 40%, 3,269 samples124x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 79% - Very good Total price: $200

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