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Usb3.0

FLASH DRIVE 16GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 43.7% (433rd of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: USB3.0 FLASH DRIVE
Poor: 19%Average: 43.7% Great: 54%

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Below average average bench

The Usb3.0 FLASH DRIVE 16GB averaged 56.2% 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 Read Speed 5.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 131MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 19.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 25.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 43343.7%
Min Avg Max
44 Read 131 167
8.5 Write 25.8 41.2
18.2 Mixed 35.7 48.7
18.9 SusWrite 19.9 20.7
39% 53.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.4 4K Read 5.5 7.8
0 4K Write 0.43 0.8
0 4K Mixed 0.1 0.4
248% 2.01 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
10GB free
Firmware: PMAP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 17 20 20 19 22 MB/s
48.9% Average
Read 150
Write 34.7
Mixed 21.7
SusWrite 18.3
41% 56.2 MB/s
4K Read 7.6
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
317% 2.53 MB/s
10GB free
Firmware: PMAP
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 17 21 19 22 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 79.8
Write 22.7
Mixed 36
SusWrite 19
29% 39.4 MB/s
4K Read 5.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
217% 1.73 MB/s

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,406,140 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII RANGER - $283

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples1,626x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples449x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples224x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples407x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples231x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples157x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples107x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples102x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples79x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples109x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples107x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples91x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $925

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