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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 51.8% (881st of 1072)

Based on 256 user benchmarks.  Model: TO Exter nal USB 3.0
Poor: 37%Average: 51.8% Great: 68%

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Average average bench

The TO Exter nal USB 3.0 120GB averaged 48.2% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 73MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.3MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 120GB is 31.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 120GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 158MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 127MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 256 samples)
Rank 88151.8%
Min Avg Max
289 Read 355 420
92.1 Write 257 394
101 Mixed 242 353
61.3 SusWrite 158 348
56.5% 253 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.7 4K Read 20.3 29.3
15.3 4K Write 33.4 45
5.63 4K Mixed 18.7 31
72.3% 24.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
35.8 DQ Read 127 227
38.4 DQ Write 116 183
5.93 DQ Mixed 73 149
68.1% 105 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
107GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 293 282 289 295 295 MB/s
54.7% Above average
Read 315
Write 297
Mixed 282
SusWrite 291
67% 296 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 28.8
4K Mixed 17.9
64% 21.1 MB/s
DQ Read 74
DQ Write 141
DQ Mixed 43.7
51% 86.2 MB/s
55GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 371 212 83 53 57 MB/s
54.4% Above average
Read 295
Write 375
Mixed 320
SusWrite 191
67% 295 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 38.8
4K Mixed 24.5
82% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 81
DQ Write 157
DQ Mixed 135
98% 124 MB/s
26GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 198 50 49 49 49 MB/s
51.1% Above average
Read 347
Write 251
Mixed 262
SusWrite 113
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 34.1
4K Mixed 20.7
76% 25.1 MB/s
DQ Read 158
DQ Write 162
DQ Mixed 130
106% 150 MB/s
49GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 325 332 256 5.5 5.7 MB/s
47.4% Average
Read 175
Write 338
Mixed 222
SusWrite 210
54% 237 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 36.2
4K Mixed 21
73% 24.9 MB/s
DQ Read 70.4
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 115
86% 112 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,695,729 SSDs tested

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Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Asus B85M-G - $80

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples959x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples785x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples532x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples481x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples402x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples368x
SSD
Exter nal USB 3.0 120GBTOBench 52%, 256 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples156x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples126x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples85x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $289

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