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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 54.4% (254th of 1015)

Based on 40 user benchmarks.  Model: External USB3.0
Poor: 9%Average: 54.4% Great: 85%

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Average average bench

The External USB3.0 3TB averaged 45.6% 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 0.83MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.06MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB3.0 3TB is 76%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the External USB3.0 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 66.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 87.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 40 samples)
Rank 25454.4%
Min Avg Max
9.7 Read 102 184
4.5 Write 99.8 167
12.2 Mixed 66.6 114
1.7 SusWrite 87.4 162
65.5% 88.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.8 1.1
0.1 4K Write 2.06 3.5
0.1 4K Mixed 0.83 1.1
164% 1.23 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: 0103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 138 132 145 145 148 MB/s
83.4% Excellent
Read 148
Write 167
Mixed 31
SusWrite 142
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
164% 1.33 MB/s
432GB free
Firmware: 0007
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 117 125 126 128 121 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 103
Write 115
Mixed 49.8
SusWrite 124
71% 97.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
168GB free
Firmware: 0007
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 79 78 78 77 77 MB/s
59.4% Above average
Read 129
Write 134
Mixed 106
SusWrite 77.3
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
193% 1.47 MB/s
66GB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 79 79 80 79 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 124
Write 127
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 79
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
164% 1.17 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,305,231 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 44%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS V GENE - $972

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples331x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples187x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples86x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples60x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples45x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples45x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples31x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples29x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples26x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples22x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples20x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $1,364

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