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USB30 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 59% (813th of 1072)

Based on 27 user benchmarks.  Model: USB30
Poor: 46%Average: 59% Great: 76%

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Average average bench

The USB30 500GB averaged 41.0% 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 109MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.4MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB30 500GB is 30.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the USB30 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 27.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 97.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)
Rank 81359%
Min Avg Max
288 Read 362 423
43.5 Write 333 430
16.6 Mixed 301 433
47.2 SusWrite 253 397
70.2% 312 MB/s
Min Avg Max
13.3 4K Read 21.4 28.8
13.5 4K Write 27.5 38.9
12.7 4K Mixed 22.6 32.8
75.9% 23.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
7.4 DQ Read 127 247
4.6 DQ Write 97.9 191
14.7 DQ Mixed 109 200
82.5% 111 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
319GB free
Firmware: 0405
SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 398 397 398 400 399 MB/s
82.7% Excellent
Read 392
Write 402
Mixed 390
SusWrite 397
89% 395 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 38.3
4K Mixed 32.8
106% 33.3 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 190
DQ Mixed 200
154% 212 MB/s
52GB free
Firmware: 0405
SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 327 328 326 325 325 MB/s
76.1% Very good
Read 348
Write 325
Mixed 316
SusWrite 325
74% 329 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 32.1
105% 33 MB/s
DQ Read 240
DQ Write 191
DQ Mixed 187
148% 206 MB/s
164GB free
Firmware: 0405
SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 254 198 196 186 183 MB/s
61.7% Good
Read 379
Write 382
Mixed 319
SusWrite 232
74% 328 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 31.4
4K Mixed 26.4
86% 27.1 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 123
DQ Mixed 129
96% 126 MB/s
305GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0405
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 295 310 298 311 307 MB/s
56.1% Above average
Read 369
Write 322
Mixed 308
SusWrite 298
73% 324 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 16.9
4K Mixed 18.1
62% 18.2 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 46.1
DQ Mixed 88.8
66% 89 MB/s
305GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0405
SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 325 329 300 307 300 MB/s
55.9% Above average
Read 365
Write 335
Mixed 291
SusWrite 306
73% 324 MB/s
4K Read 20.3
4K Write 16.9
4K Mixed 16.4
61% 17.9 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 53.6
DQ Mixed 77.9
61% 85.4 MB/s
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0405
SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 215 178 168 165 175 MB/s
49.2% Average
Read 364
Write 334
Mixed 315
SusWrite 196
68% 302 MB/s
4K Read 20.2
4K Write 16.1
4K Mixed 17.4
61% 17.9 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 50.6
DQ Mixed 78.4
60% 82.6 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
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Workstation 6%
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System: Lenovo 62742BG

CPU
Core i5-3210MIntel  $52Bench 48%, 79,744 samples24x
GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples24x
SSD
USB30 500GBBench 59%, 27 samples9x
RAM
M471B5273DH0-CK0 M471B5273CH0-CK0 8GBSamsungBench 50%, 321 samples6x
M471B5273CH0-CK0 M471B5273DH0-CK0 8GBSamsungBench 51%, 283 samples5x
M471B5273DH0-CK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 28%, 8,533 samples3x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $52

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