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USB 10TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 87.3% (35th of 1015)

Based on 101 user benchmarks.  Model: G-DRIVE USB
Poor: 15%Average: 87.3% Great: 136%

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Very good average bench

The G-drive USB 10TB averaged just 12.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the G-drive USB 10TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.16MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 5.22MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the G-drive USB 10TB is 121%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the G-drive USB 10TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 98.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 149MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 101 samples)
Rank 3587.3%
Min Avg Max
33.2 Read 154 237
29.9 Write 152 244
28.7 Mixed 98.6 143
13.5 SusWrite 149 240
102% 138 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 2.07 3.09
2.38 4K Write 5.22 6.5
0.52 4K Mixed 1.16 1.59
312% 2.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
9.5TB free
Firmware: 2602
SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 223 223 237 246 244 MB/s
138% Outstanding
Read 244
Write 241
Mixed 120
SusWrite 236
154% 210 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 1.1
330% 3.07 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 2602
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 183 186 185 186 188 MB/s
106% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 191
Mixed 121
SusWrite 185
125% 170 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 0.6
322% 3.47 MB/s
4TB free
Firmware: 2602
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 177 180 172 177 180 MB/s
98.2% Outstanding
Read 163
Write 184
Mixed 104
SusWrite 177
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 2
4K Write 6.3
4K Mixed 1
311% 3.1 MB/s
9.5TB free
Firmware: 2602
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 63 82 59 63 63 MB/s
87.3% Excellent
Read 239
Write 158
Mixed 80.5
SusWrite 65
99% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.2
222% 1.67 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 2602
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 41 42 42 MB/s
23.4% Poor
Read 39
Write 41.3
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 41.3
29% 39.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 1.2
245% 2 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 98%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel  $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples293x
Core i7-7820XIntel  $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples185x
Core i9-7900XIntel  $413Bench 82%, 19,432 samples113x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples140x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples81x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples56x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples24x
RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples168x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples135x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples103x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $798

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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