Generic

Externa 128GB

Externa 128GB
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Effective Speed -91%Effective Speed -91%Average Score -87%Read -28%, Write -70%, 4K Read -91%, 4K Write -158%, Mixed -57%, 4K Mixed -130%, SusWrite -73%Peak Score -73%Read -28%, Write -36%, 4K Read -74%, 4K Write -211%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed -118%, SusWrite -19%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -125%DQ Read -172%, DQ Write -105%, DQ Mixed -163%, ADQ Read -250%, ADQ Write -109%, ADQ Mixed -286%, Age 203%, AS-SSD Total -122%

Average Bench: 51.6% (883^rd of 1072)

Based on 22 user benchmarks. Model: Generic Externa

Poor: 45%Average: 51.6% Great: 61%

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Average average bench

The Generic Externa 128GB averaged 48.3% 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 67.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18MB/s

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Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Generic Externa 128GB is just 16.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Generic Externa 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 93.2MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 171MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)

Rank 88351.6%

Min	Avg	Max
296	Read 358	397
33.9	Write 239	357
71.8	Mixed 228	337
48.5	SusWrite 171	326
55.6% 249 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
12.6	4K Read 18	24.7
12.9	4K Write 34	39.3
10.1	4K Mixed 19.6	26.7
70.5% 23.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
30.8	DQ Read 93.2	135
12.6	DQ Write 138	175
13.6	DQ Mixed 67.4	126
64.5% 99.5 MB/s

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BGD-User, 11 months ago.

19GB free

Firmware: 0056

SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 92 91 90 91 88 MB/s

46.5% Average

Write 111

Mixed 145

SusWrite 91.6

40% 181 MB/s

4K Read 15

4K Write 38.7

4K Mixed 17.8

66% 23.8 MB/s

DQ Read 127

DQ Write 124

DQ Mixed 58.8

62% 103 MB/s

BRA-User, 12 months ago.

43GB free

Firmware: 0056

SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 167 167 162 78 58 MB/s

39.8% Below average

Write 173

Mixed 71.8

SusWrite 134

38% 173 MB/s

4K Read 12.6

4K Write 21

4K Mixed 11.8

45% 15.1 MB/s

DQ Read 105

DQ Write 130

DQ Mixed 57.4

60% 97.5 MB/s

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming - $799

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,195x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	2,171x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,673x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	1,993x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	698x

SSD
Externa 128GBGenericBench 52%, 22 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	820x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples	588x
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	294x

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Average Bench: 51.6% (883^rd of 1072)

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Average Bench: 51.6% (883rd of 1072)

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