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USB3.0 480GB

USB3.0 480GB
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Effective Speed -75%Effective Speed -75%Average Score -70%Read -32%, Write -37%, 4K Read -72%, 4K Write -162%, Mixed -35%, 4K Mixed -119%, SusWrite -35%Peak Score -61%Read -24%, Write -27%, 4K Read -60%, 4K Write -185%, Mixed -23%, 4K Mixed -102%, SusWrite -6%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -92%DQ Read -52%, DQ Write -95%, DQ Mixed -114%, ADQ Read -127%, ADQ Write -131%, ADQ Mixed -185%, Age 34%, AS-SSD Total -68%

Average Bench: 56.1% (840^th of 1072)

Based on 149 user benchmarks. Model: External USB3.0

Poor: 38%Average: 56.1% Great: 70%

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Average average bench

The External USB3.0 480GB averaged 43.8% 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 91.4MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.9MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB3.0 480GB is 32.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the External USB3.0 480GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 219MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 33.4MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 149 samples)

Rank 84056.1%

Min	Avg	Max
257	Read 347	410
108	Write 296	381
83.6	Mixed 266	344
77.6	SusWrite 219	364
63.3% 282 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
11.1	4K Read 19.9	26.8
15.7	4K Write 33.4	42.9
7.65	4K Mixed 20.6	28.8
74.2% 24.6 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
53.9	DQ Read 144	241
20	DQ Write 125	184
13.5	DQ Mixed 91.4	155
80.2% 120 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 4 months ago.

338GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 396 397 396 396 389 MB/s

70% Very good

Write 379

Mixed 300

SusWrite 394

79% 348 MB/s

4K Read 21.8

4K Write 38.4

4K Mixed 24.4

85% 28.2 MB/s

DQ Read 157

DQ Write 157

DQ Mixed 127

104% 147 MB/s

MEX-User, 4 months ago.

447GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 220 152 149 181 209 MB/s

67.1% Good

Write 281

Mixed 275

SusWrite 201

62% 278 MB/s

4K Read 28.8

4K Write 36.3

4K Mixed 30.3

102% 31.8 MB/s

DQ Read 218

DQ Write 180

DQ Mixed 154

128% 184 MB/s

SGP-User, 5 months ago.

222GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 367 374 373 368 370 MB/s

66.5% Good

Write 355

Mixed 258

SusWrite 370

74% 328 MB/s

4K Read 19.8

4K Write 35.6

4K Mixed 22.7

78% 26 MB/s

DQ Read 153

DQ Write 146

DQ Mixed 154

114% 151 MB/s

HKG-User, 4 months ago.

308GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 125 152 168 163 120 MB/s

57.2% Above average

Write 353

Mixed 319

SusWrite 169

68% 304 MB/s

4K Read 19.4

4K Write 30.4

4K Mixed 23.7

76% 24.5 MB/s

DQ Read 205

DQ Write 162

DQ Mixed 174

133% 180 MB/s

HKG-User, 4 months ago.

308GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 118 125 120 120 136 MB/s

55.2% Above average

Write 348

Mixed 325

SusWrite 150

67% 298 MB/s

4K Read 19.5

4K Write 30.1

4K Mixed 22.7

75% 24.1 MB/s

DQ Read 204

DQ Write 157

DQ Mixed 170

130% 177 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

279GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 264 299 289 268 320 MB/s

52.5% Above average

Write 115

Mixed 157

SusWrite 290

43% 192 MB/s

4K Read 22.4

4K Write 31.5

4K Mixed 18.5

74% 24.1 MB/s

DQ Read 36

DQ Write 140

DQ Mixed 154

99% 110 MB/s

MYS-User, 3 months ago.

101GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 192 185 194 146 110 MB/s

45.2% Average

Write 324

Mixed 273

SusWrite 178

64% 286 MB/s

4K Read 16.1

4K Write 24.3

4K Mixed 11.8

52% 17.4 MB/s

DQ Read 94

DQ Write 85.1

DQ Mixed 30

39% 69.7 MB/s

NZL-User, 4 months ago.

393GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 0205

SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 17 26 33 249 227 MB/s

40.6% Average

Write 332

Mixed 203

SusWrite 123

57% 254 MB/s

4K Read 11.9

4K Write 25.3

4K Mixed 14

49% 17.1 MB/s

DQ Read 93.6

DQ Write 66.6

DQ Mixed 31

36% 63.7 MB/s

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

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FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	508x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	185x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	127x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	90x

SSD
USB3.0 480GBExternalBench 56%, 149 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	355x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	346x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	309x

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Total price: $100

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Average Bench: 56.1% (840^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 56.1% (840th of 1072)

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