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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 49.2% (314th of 1015)

Based on 14 user benchmarks.  Model: Plugable USB3-SATA-U3
Poor: 19%Average: 49.2% Great: 100%

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Below average average bench

The Plugable USB3-SATA-U3 1TB averaged 50.7% 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 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.77MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Plugable USB3-SATA-U3 1TB is 80.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Plugable USB3-SATA-U3 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 60.1MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 74.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 14 samples)
Rank 31449.2%
Min Avg Max
27.4 Read 91.2 179
14.4 Write 74.8 174
19.5 Mixed 60.1 112
26.7 SusWrite 87.3 182
57.8% 78.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.74 1.2
0.61 4K Write 1.77 3.3
0.1 4K Mixed 0.65 1.2
135% 1.05 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
669GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 180 182 181 184 184 MB/s
99.6% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 165
Mixed 109
SusWrite 182
114% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.1
233% 1.87 MB/s
799GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 41 41 41 41 MB/s
23.5% Poor
Read 42.2
Write 38.9
Mixed 34.4
SusWrite 39.4
29% 38.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
157% 1.03 MB/s
337GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 41 41 41 MB/s
21.9% Poor
Read 35.8
Write 38
Mixed 30.3
SusWrite 39.9
27% 36 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.2 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,350,942 HDDs tested

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Desktop 63%
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Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 9010

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,846x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples770x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples676x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples469x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples360x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples360x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples161x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples82x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples56x
RAM
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 58%, 7,298 samples96x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples88x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples72x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $325

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