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Exter nal USB 3.0 250GB

Exter nal 250GB
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Effective Speed -45%Effective Speed -45%Average Score -42%Read -25%, Write -16%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write -135%, Mixed -9%, 4K Mixed -60%, SusWrite -7%Peak Score -42%Read -21%, Write -15%, 4K Read -21%, 4K Write -170%, Mixed 0%, 4K Mixed -53%, SusWrite -11%Value & Sentiment -443%User Rating -14%, Market Share -872%Nice To Haves -72%DQ Read -58%, DQ Write -86%, DQ Mixed -51%, ADQ Read -115%, ADQ Write -106%, ADQ Mixed -102%, Age 3%, AS-SSD Total -62%

Average Bench: 68.1% (697^th of 1072)

Based on 145 user benchmarks. Model: TO Exter nal USB 3.0

Poor: 53%Average: 68.1% Great: 84%

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Above average average bench

The TO Exter nal USB 3.0 250GB averaged 31.9% 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 129MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.8MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 250GB is 30.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 152MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 37.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 145 samples)

Rank 69768.1%

Min	Avg	Max
302	Read 366	420
243	Write 349	420
208	Mixed 328	424
109	SusWrite 278	348
74.3% 330 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
17	4K Read 24.8	35.4
26.8	4K Write 37.2	45.3
17.2	4K Mixed 28.2	38.1
93.5% 30.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
83.4	DQ Read 152	233
77.8	DQ Write 140	193
31.2	DQ Mixed 129	219
102% 140 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 months ago.

228GB free

Firmware: 6402

SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 315 313 316 314 315 MB/s

74% Very good

Write 401

Mixed 384

SusWrite 325

85% 378 MB/s

4K Read 26

4K Write 38.1

4K Mixed 29.8

98% 31.3 MB/s

DQ Read 176

DQ Write 165

DQ Mixed 178

132% 173 MB/s

ITA-User, 2 months ago.

82GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 387 390 396 396 394 MB/s

71.9% Very good

Write 376

Mixed 368

SusWrite 382

85% 376 MB/s

4K Read 20.9

4K Write 35.2

4K Mixed 26.2

84% 27.4 MB/s

DQ Read 161

DQ Write 160

DQ Mixed 152

116% 158 MB/s

DEU-User, 4 months ago.

122GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 268 269 269 270 270 MB/s

70.2% Very good

Write 348

Mixed 321

SusWrite 281

74% 331 MB/s

4K Read 23.7

4K Write 39.9

4K Mixed 28.5

94% 30.7 MB/s

DQ Read 225

DQ Write 172

DQ Mixed 147

124% 181 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 month ago.

186GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 270 270 271 270 300 MB/s

69.1% Good

Write 266

Mixed 288

SusWrite 285

68% 302 MB/s

4K Read 26.6

4K Write 33.6

4K Mixed 28.2

94% 29.5 MB/s

DQ Read 173

DQ Write 168

DQ Mixed 139

113% 160 MB/s

SVN-User, 3 months ago.

59GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 260 254 252 249 249 MB/s

68.4% Good

Write 395

Mixed 386

SusWrite 268

82% 363 MB/s

4K Read 23.6

4K Write 37.1

4K Mixed 28.4

92% 29.7 MB/s

DQ Read 170

DQ Write 152

DQ Mixed 166

123% 163 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 month ago.

185GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 274 274 274 274 272 MB/s

66% Good

Write 389

Mixed 329

SusWrite 288

78% 348 MB/s

4K Read 21.5

4K Write 31.2

4K Mixed 24.9

81% 25.9 MB/s

DQ Read 172

DQ Write 167

DQ Mixed 136

111% 158 MB/s

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 16%

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Motherboard: Asus P7P55D

CPU
Core i5-750Intel $72Bench 62%, 43,796 samples	397x
Core i7 860Intel $339Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	251x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	177x

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GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	61x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	45x

SSD
Exter nal USB 3.0 250GBTOBench 68%, 145 samples	1x

RAM
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	402x
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	373x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	168x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $131

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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