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Externa 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 52% (888th of 1080)

Based on 24 user benchmarks.  Model: Generic Externa
Poor: 45%Average: 52% Great: 61%

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Average average bench

The Generic Externa 128GB averaged 48.0% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 70.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 18.3MB/s

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 95.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 169MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)
Rank 88852%
Min Avg Max
296 Read 357 397
33.9 Write 244 357
71.8 Mixed 234 337
48.5 SusWrite 169 326
56% 251 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.6 4K Read 18.3 24.7
12.9 4K Write 34.3 39.3
10.1 4K Mixed 20.2 26.9
71.7% 24.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
30.8 DQ Read 95.7 135
12.6 DQ Write 139 175
13.6 DQ Mixed 70.1 126
66.2% 102 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
118GB free
Firmware: 0056
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 140 140 140 131 140 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 357
Write 265
Mixed 293
SusWrite 148
59% 266 MB/s
4K Read 20
4K Write 37.6
4K Mixed 25.6
83% 27.7 MB/s
DQ Read 123
DQ Write 173
DQ Mixed 102
90% 133 MB/s
38GB free
Firmware: 0056
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 140 141 141 141 141 MB/s
55.8% Above average
Read 323
Write 327
Mixed 307
SusWrite 160
63% 279 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 38.8
4K Mixed 26.9
88% 29.2 MB/s
DQ Read 123
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 96.8
80% 116 MB/s
19GB free
Firmware: 0056
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 92 91 90 91 88 MB/s
46.5% Average
Read 377
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
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming - $799

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples3,330x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples2,287x
GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples2,800x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples2,081x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples734x
SSD
Externa 128GBGenericBench 52%, 24 samples1x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples852x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples607x
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples312x
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