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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 16.6% (1000th of 1015)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: TO Exter nal USB 3.0
Poor: 13%Average: 16.6% Great: 21%

Terrible average bench

The TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB averaged 83.4% 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 5.23MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 5.71MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB is just 7.64%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 1TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 24.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 26.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 100016.6%
Min Avg Max
4.5 Read 28.5 40.4
5.2 Write 26.1 41.3
6 Mixed 26.7 39.9
5.6 SusWrite 24.6 33.8
19.7% 26.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 5.71 8
0.1 4K Write 5.41 7.8
0.1 4K Mixed 5.23 7.8
919% 5.45 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
954GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 30 30 30 30 MB/s
19.6% Very poor
Read 33.5
Write 29.5
Mixed 31.4
SusWrite 30.1
23% 31.1 MB/s
4K Read 7.6
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 6.4
1,170% 7.23 MB/s
243GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 28 29 29 29 MB/s
18.4% Very poor
Read 31.8
Write 28.4
Mixed 29.7
SusWrite 28.1
22% 29.5 MB/s
4K Read 7.2
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 5.9
1,078% 6.57 MB/s
912GB free
Firmware: 6501
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 7.7 4.5 4 4.3 5.8 MB/s
2.91% Terrible
Read 4.5
Write 5.2
Mixed 6
SusWrite 5.6
4% 5.32 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
17% 0.1 MB/s
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