Average Bench: 48.9% (320th of 1015)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: sobetter Ext
Poor: 12%Average: 48.9% Great: 74%

Below average average bench

The Sobetter Ext 2TB averaged 51.1% 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 0.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.22MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sobetter Ext 2TB is 61.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Sobetter Ext 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 81.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Min Avg Max
20.3 Read 81.5 159
20.8 Write 82.6 130
10.3 Mixed 60.8 98.3
16 SusWrite 88.5 156
57.7% 78.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.48 4K Read 1.22 7.6
0.8 4K Write 2.11 7.6
0.1 4K Mixed 0.9 7.7
189% 1.41 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
362GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 132 131 132 130 128 MB/s
Read 88.1
Write 109
Mixed 97.4
SusWrite 128
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.03 MB/s
360GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 114 111 112 122 MB/s
Read 52.7
Write 61.5
Mixed 78.5
SusWrite 112
57% 76.2 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 0.5
196% 1.87 MB/s
360GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 113 114 110 108 MB/s
Read 52
Write 87.4
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 110
63% 84.3 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.5
189% 1.73 MB/s
52GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 41 40 42 41 42 MB/s
Read 58.1
Write 28.3
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 40.5
30% 40.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
147% 0.9 MB/s
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,380,948 HDDs tested

Typical Ext 2TB Builds (Compare 270 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
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Desktop
Desktop 57%
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Workstation
Workstation 8%
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System: Apple MacBookAir7,2

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