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Asmedia

USB 3.0 Device 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 34.9% (589th of 1015)

Based on 51 user benchmarks.  Model: ASMedia USB 3.0 Device
Poor: 10%Average: 34.9% Great: 60%

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Poor average bench

The Asmedia USB 3.0 Device 500GB averaged 65.0% 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 0.67MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.64MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asmedia USB 3.0 Device 500GB is 49.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Asmedia USB 3.0 Device 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 35.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 60MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 51 samples)
Rank 58934.9%
Min Avg Max
5.42 Read 61.2 109
8.48 Write 60 105
6.12 Mixed 35.6 88.7
15 SusWrite 60.3 108
39.8% 54.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.16 4K Read 0.64 1.58
0.32 4K Write 1.32 2.24
0.16 4K Mixed 0.67 1.06
126% 0.88 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
78GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 103 102 101 101 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 80
Write 93.4
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 102
56% 76.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.87 MB/s
163GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 80 82 82 80 MB/s
48.5% Average
Read 86
Write 80.8
Mixed 65.1
SusWrite 81.5
58% 78.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 1.1
247% 2.4 MB/s
29GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 40 40 41 40 MB/s
26.5% Poor
Read 52.3
Write 52.3
Mixed 39.4
SusWrite 39.6
34% 45.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
117% 0.9 MB/s
174GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s
26% Poor
Read 51.3
Write 36
Mixed 31.4
SusWrite 38.1
29% 39.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 1.1
238% 2 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 39 38 MB/s
21.8% Poor
Read 37.7
Write 38.8
Mixed 25.1
SusWrite 37.8
26% 34.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.8
139% 0.83 MB/s
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Motherboard: Asrock A320M-HDV R4.0

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Ryzen 5 2600AMD  $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples866x
Ryzen 3 3200GAMD  $75Bench 63%, 104,122 samples714x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples543x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples454x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples423x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples402x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples202x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples155x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples149x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples131x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples126x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples114x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $323

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