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USB3.0 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 52.5% (883rd 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

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 BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
85GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 225 221 219 219 217 MB/s
73.5% Very good
Read 386
Write 355
Mixed 256
SusWrite 239
69% 309 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 44.2
4K Mixed 32.5
109% 35.1 MB/s
DQ Read 244
DQ Write 192
DQ Mixed 198
154% 211 MB/s
205GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 349 361 362 349 350 MB/s
68.3% Good
Read 354
Write 331
Mixed 321
SusWrite 348
76% 339 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 37.5
4K Mixed 21.3
82% 27.2 MB/s
DQ Read 185
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 53.4
74% 137 MB/s
24GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 53 52 51 51 51 MB/s
54.8% Above average
Read 352
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
194GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 318 96 152 99 118 MB/s
52.7% Above average
Read 316
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
21GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 82 65 104 52 54 MB/s
45.9% Average
Read 320
Write 115
Mixed 235
SusWrite 84.9
42% 189 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 28.9
4K Mixed 20.3
69% 22.4 MB/s
DQ Read 152
DQ Write 143
DQ Mixed 126
100% 140 MB/s
69GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.2 8.4 7.7 3 3.7 88 MB/s
23.5% Poor
Read 334
Write 266
Mixed 170
SusWrite 19.9
44% 197 MB/s
4K Read 12.4
4K Write 11.2
4K Mixed 0.9
26% 8.17 MB/s
DQ Read 68.9
DQ Write 20.1
DQ Mixed 1
12% 30 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 77,576,498 SSDs tested

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Gaming 6%
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Desktop 59%
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Workstation 6%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D2V

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $69Bench 63%, 223,595 samples65x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples65x
Core i5-3330IntelBench 61%, 51,926 samples40x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples53x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples38x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples19x
SSD
USB3.0 240GBExternalBench 53%, 250 samples1x
RAM
HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 6,798 samples9x
CT102464BA160B.C16 Kingston 99U5403-160.A00LF 16GBUnknownBench 49%, 21 samples8x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples7x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $69

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