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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 59.5% (806th of 1072)

Based on 73 user benchmarks.  Model: TO Exter nal USB 3.0
Poor: 44%Average: 59.5% Great: 78%

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Average average bench

The TO Exter nal USB 3.0 512GB averaged 40.4% 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 107MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.5MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 512GB is 34.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 512GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 128MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 33.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 73 samples)
Rank 80659.5%
Min Avg Max
229 Read 330 415
100 Write 304 406
126 Mixed 276 391
129 SusWrite 285 383
67.3% 299 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.6 4K Read 19.5 32
15.8 4K Write 33.2 38.9
8.75 4K Mixed 21.5 33.4
74.7% 24.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.9 DQ Read 128 234
23.9 DQ Write 125 193
10.8 DQ Mixed 107 198
85.6% 120 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
372GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 408 409 407 408 408 MB/s
81.7% Excellent
Read 412
Write 404
Mixed 348
SusWrite 407
89% 393 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 38.3
4K Mixed 29.7
98% 31.4 MB/s
DQ Read 244
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 226
168% 222 MB/s
239GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 392 386 394 400 391 MB/s
65.1% Good
Read 269
Write 368
Mixed 305
SusWrite 385
75% 332 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 34
4K Mixed 22.8
74% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 173
DQ Write 174
DQ Mixed 184
135% 177 MB/s
192GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 175 123 109 162 220 MB/s
57.7% Above average
Read 309
Write 105
Mixed 92.7
SusWrite 172
37% 170 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 32.3
4K Mixed 28.4
78% 25.7 MB/s
DQ Read 249
DQ Write 185
DQ Mixed 166
138% 200 MB/s
472GB free
Firmware: 0103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 270 266 262 261 265 MB/s
55.1% Above average
Read 368
Write 355
Mixed 306
SusWrite 258
72% 321 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 34.7
4K Mixed 10.1
64% 22.1 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 128
DQ Mixed 15
45% 98 MB/s
135GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 327 93 93 93 93 MB/s
54.5% Above average
Read 359
Write 263
Mixed 284
SusWrite 175
60% 270 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 37
4K Mixed 21.5
76% 25.8 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 118
94% 130 MB/s
357GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 368 255 100 102 102 MB/s
46.7% Average
Read 315
Write 282
Mixed 263
SusWrite 214
60% 268 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 20.1
4K Mixed 9.7
48% 15.5 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 127
103% 144 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 61%
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Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,023x
Core i7-2600Intel  $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,568x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples933x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,141x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,040x
SSD
Exter nal USB 3.0 512GBTOBench 60%, 73 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $297

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