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USB3.0 240GB

USB3.0 240GB
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Effective Speed -924%Effective Speed -924%Average Score -944%Read -1,109%, Write -1,477%, 4K Read -342%, 4K Write -546%, Mixed -1,143%, 4K Mixed -463%, SusWrite -1,530%Peak Score -1,056%Read -1,336%, Write -1,532%, 4K Read -610%, 4K Write -877%, Mixed -1,213%, 4K Mixed -672%, SusWrite -1,154%Value & Sentiment User Rating -36%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -1,050%DQ Read -946%, DQ Write -953%, DQ Mixed -1,195%, ADQ Read -1,175%, ADQ Write -975%, ADQ Mixed -1,748%, Age -418%, AS-SSD Total -989%

Average Bench: 52.5% (883^rd of 1080)

Based on 250 user benchmarks. Model: External USB3.0

Poor: 35%Average: 52.5% Great: 68%

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Average average bench

The External USB3.0 240GB averaged 47.4% 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 80.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.1MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB3.0 240GB is 32.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the External USB3.0 240GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 195MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 31.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 250 samples)

Rank 88352.5%

Min	Avg	Max
264	Read 339	404
114	Write 289	383
45.7	Mixed 252	346
79.9	SusWrite 195	365
60.2% 269 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
10.8	4K Read 19.1	27
13.4	4K Write 31.5	39
3.77	4K Mixed 18.7	28.3
69.5% 23.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
61.8	DQ Read 134	221
33.7	DQ Write 117	181
13.4	DQ Mixed 80.3	162
72.6% 111 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

HRV-User, 15 days ago.

24GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 53 52 51 51 51 MB/s

54.8% Above average

Write 267

Mixed 264

SusWrite 77.8

54% 240 MB/s

4K Read 23

4K Write 44.8

4K Mixed 23.3

88% 30.4 MB/s

DQ Read 219

DQ Write 184

DQ Mixed 139

121% 181 MB/s

CAN-User, 2 months ago.

194GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 318 96 152 99 118 MB/s

52.7% Above average

Write 120

Mixed 245

SusWrite 185

48% 216 MB/s

4K Read 19.5

4K Write 30.4

4K Mixed 19.3

70% 23.1 MB/s

DQ Read 166

DQ Write 157

DQ Mixed 135

109% 153 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

186GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 285 285 267 277 277 MB/s

48.4% Average

Write 296

Mixed 267

SusWrite 274

62% 273 MB/s

4K Read 13.1

4K Write 23.1

4K Mixed 16

53% 17.4 MB/s

DQ Read 127

DQ Write 102

DQ Mixed 106

82% 112 MB/s

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D2V

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Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	64x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	63x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples	39x

GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	53x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	36x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	19x

SSD
USB3.0 240GBExternalBench 53%, 250 samples	1x

RAM
HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 6,798 samples	9x
CT102464BA160B.C16 Kingston 99U5403-160.A00LF 16GBUnknownBench 49%, 20 samples	8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	7x

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Total price: $59

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