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USB Flash Disk 497GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 43.9% (924th of 1072)

Based on 63 user benchmarks.  Model: General USB Flash Disk
Poor: 29%Average: 43.9% Great: 57%

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Below average average bench

The General USB Flash Disk 497GB averaged 56.1% 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. Sequential Read Speed 364MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 15.3MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the General USB Flash Disk 497GB is 28.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the General USB Flash Disk 497GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 19.8MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 29.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 63 samples)
Rank 92443.9%
Min Avg Max
283 Read 364 411
42.5 Write 282 395
81.1 Mixed 205 254
15.8 SusWrite 231 383
60.5% 270 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.2 4K Read 15.3 18.3
11.4 4K Write 19 31.4
7.74 4K Mixed 10.7 13
46.9% 15 MB/s
Min Avg Max
18 DQ Read 19.8 20.4
9.72 DQ Write 29.6 56
7.84 DQ Mixed 13.6 16.8
13.4% 21 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
463GB free
Firmware: 1100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 370 399 378 380 208 MB/s
56.9% Above average
Read 415
Write 408
Mixed 229
SusWrite 354
79% 351 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 28.6
4K Mixed 13.1
57% 19.4 MB/s
DQ Read 20.3
DQ Write 47.9
DQ Mixed 16.4
18% 28.2 MB/s
194GB free
Firmware: 1100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 28 133 296 307 329 MB/s
43.8% Average
Read 324
Write 280
Mixed 184
SusWrite 183
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 31.8
4K Mixed 12.9
60% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 19.7
DQ Write 56.5
DQ Mixed 16.5
19% 30.9 MB/s
17GB free
Firmware: 1100
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 33 36 36 31 35 MB/s
32.1% Below average
Read 404
Write 95.2
Mixed 59.3
SusWrite 34.2
32% 148 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 14.6
4K Mixed 10.9
43% 13.1 MB/s
DQ Read 19.8
DQ Write 18
DQ Mixed 12.3
11% 16.7 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,804,556 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 43%
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Desktop
Desktop 77%
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Workstation 36%
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System: Alienware X51 R2

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples447x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples430x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples187x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples181x
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia  $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples150x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples124x
SSD
USB Flash Disk 497GBGeneralBench 44%, 63 samples1x
RAM
HMT41GU6MFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 53%, 5,493 samples95x
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 53%, 7,464 samples78x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples73x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $252

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