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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 53.6% (266th of 1015)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: External USB3.0
Poor: 37%Average: 53.6% Great: 60%

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Average average bench

The External USB3.0 1.5TB averaged 46.4% 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 0.84MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.32MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB3.0 1.5TB is 23.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the External USB3.0 1.5TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 55.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 71.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 26653.6%
Min Avg Max
36.6 Read 93.8 118
34.4 Write 71.7 83.4
34.4 Mixed 55.8 63.8
32.1 SusWrite 92.2 120
57.6% 78.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.6 0.9
0.8 4K Write 3.32 4.9
0.5 4K Mixed 0.84 1.1
180% 1.58 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 105 105 105 104 105 MB/s
60.1% Good
Read 105
Write 77.8
Mixed 63.8
SusWrite 104
64% 87.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 1
208% 1.83 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 101 103 103 103 103 MB/s
57.9% Above average
Read 99.6
Write 62.1
Mixed 58.1
SusWrite 101
59% 80.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.6
173% 1.87 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 107 108 107 108 108 MB/s
57.8% Above average
Read 94.7
Write 79.3
Mixed 57.2
SusWrite 106
62% 84.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 0.8
180% 1.7 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 102 102 103 102 102 MB/s
57.8% Above average
Read 99.7
Write 78.8
Mixed 60.2
SusWrite 101
62% 84.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.6
164% 1.7 MB/s
976GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 20 37 40 40 40 MB/s
20% Poor
Read 36.6
Write 34.4
Mixed 34.4
SusWrite 32.1
26% 34.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 1
200% 1.73 MB/s
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Gaming 125%
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Desktop 99%
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Workstation 124%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490M

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel  $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples174x
Core i5-10400FIntel  $99Bench 85%, 153,026 samples169x
Core i5-10600KIntel  $144Bench 92%, 70,951 samples147x
GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples117x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples112x
RTX 2060Nvidia  $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples87x
SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples45x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples32x
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples30x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples55x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples44x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples35x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $616

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