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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 72.4% (622nd of 1072)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: TO Exter nal USB 3.0
Poor: 56%Average: 72.4% Great: 88%

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Good average bench

The TO Exter nal USB 3.0 4TB averaged 27.5% 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 136MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.7MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 4TB is 31.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 4TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 145MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 39.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 62272.4%
Min Avg Max
296 Read 379 433
285 Write 375 440
260 Mixed 360 439
211 SusWrite 324 404
81.1% 360 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.2 4K Read 24.7 33
23.3 4K Write 39.9 53.7
18.3 4K Mixed 26.2 30.8
92.1% 30.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
25.8 DQ Read 145 212
46.3 DQ Write 142 174
102 DQ Mixed 136 200
104% 141 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 328 328 328 327 327 MB/s
72.2% Very good
Read 373
Write 324
Mixed 319
SusWrite 327
76% 336 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 28.6
91% 29.9 MB/s
DQ Read 212
DQ Write 174
DQ Mixed 200
148% 195 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 333 346 359 393 394 MB/s
69% Good
Read 322
Write 320
Mixed 313
SusWrite 359
74% 328 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 35.2
4K Mixed 26.7
86% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 174
DQ Write 161
DQ Mixed 175
129% 170 MB/s
955GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 323 373 329 305 310 MB/s
56.3% Above average
Read 296
Write 285
Mixed 260
SusWrite 320
66% 290 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 23.3
4K Mixed 19.1
60% 19.2 MB/s
DQ Read 133
DQ Write 142
DQ Mixed 151
110% 142 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,806,515 SSDs tested

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Gaming 24%
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Desktop 74%
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Workstation 21%
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System: Dell Precision WorkStation T5500

CPU
Xeon X5650IntelBench 70%, 13,757 samples120x
CPU: Intel Xeon X56501stBench 64%, 7,756 samples115x
CPU: Intel Xeon E56201stBench 58%, 5,965 samples96x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples84x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples82x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples61x
SSD
Exter nal USB 3.0 4TBTOBench 72%, 8 samples1x
RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples246x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples119x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples117x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 118% - Outstanding Total price: $59

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