Extemal

usb3.0 240GB

usb3.0 240GB
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Effective Speed -42%Effective Speed -42%Average Score -47%Read -28%, Write -23%, 4K Read -46%, 4K Write -129%, Mixed -23%, 4K Mixed -90%, SusWrite 12%Peak Score -66%Read -24%, Write -27%, 4K Read -73%, 4K Write -215%, Mixed -21%, 4K Mixed -97%, SusWrite -4%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -63%DQ Read -56%, DQ Write -91%, DQ Mixed -116%, ADQ Read -70%, ADQ Write -68%, ADQ Mixed -155%, Age 120%, AS-SSD Total -70%

Average Bench: 69.2% (683^rd of 1072)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: Extemal usb3.0

Poor: 68%Average: 69.2% Great: 72%

Popular builds with this SSD

MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (1)

Above average average bench

The Extemal usb3.0 240GB averaged 30.8% 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 102MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.5MB/s

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Unknown consistency

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

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 38.3MB/s

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 292MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 68369.2%

Min	Avg	Max
292	Read 358	408
283	Write 329	381
259	Mixed 292	351
300	SusWrite 332	372
73.8% 328 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
22.6	4K Read 23.5	24.9
37.9	4K Write 38.3	38.8
15.2	4K Mixed 23.7	29.6
86.2% 28.5 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
160	DQ Read 192	236
156	DQ Write 172	188
24	DQ Mixed 102	153
98.5% 155 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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Random 4k

Deep queue 4k

The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

HUN-User, 13 months ago.

190GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 316 321 331 334 333 MB/s

71.7% Very good

Write 324

Mixed 266

SusWrite 324

72% 322 MB/s

4K Read 22.9

4K Write 38.8

4K Mixed 26.2

89% 29.3 MB/s

DQ Read 236

DQ Write 188

DQ Mixed 153

131% 192 MB/s

ITA-User, 19 months ago.

223GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 383 384 384 383 306 MB/s

67.9% Good

Write 381

Mixed 351

SusWrite 372

85% 378 MB/s

4K Read 22.6

4K Write 37.9

4K Mixed 15.2

74% 25.2 MB/s

DQ Read 160

DQ Write 156

DQ Mixed 24

55% 114 MB/s

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Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,443x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	754x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	454x

GPU
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	646x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	451x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	399x

SSD
usb3.0 240GBExtemalBench 69%, 3 samples	1x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	516x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	423x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	304x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

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MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX (MS-7A38) (1)

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Extemal

usb3.0 240GB

Average Bench: 69.2% (683^rd of 1072)

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Extemal

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Average Bench: 69.2% (683rd of 1072)

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