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Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 70% (667th of 1071)

Based on 343 user benchmarks.  Model: External USB3.0
Poor: 45%Average: 70% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The External USB3.0 1TB averaged 29.9% 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 144MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.2MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB3.0 1TB is 45.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the External USB3.0 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 36.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 160MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 343 samples)
Rank 66770%
Min Avg Max
298 Read 363 411
251 Write 347 408
208 Mixed 322 382
150 SusWrite 328 406
76.7% 340 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.9 4K Read 24.2 38.1
20.5 4K Write 36.7 54.4
12.5 4K Mixed 27.8 42.8
91.8% 29.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
63.7 DQ Read 160 245
48.1 DQ Write 145 216
28.5 DQ Mixed 144 238
111% 150 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
540GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 384 374 375 374 365 MB/s
82.8% Excellent
Read 374
Write 379
Mixed 344
SusWrite 376
83% 368 MB/s
4K Read 29.3
4K Write 43.4
4K Mixed 36.3
114% 36.3 MB/s
DQ Read 220
DQ Write 191
DQ Mixed 208
155% 206 MB/s
878GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 409 409 409 409 409 MB/s
74% Very good
Read 403
Write 409
Mixed 378
SusWrite 408
90% 400 MB/s
4K Read 19.3
4K Write 39.4
4K Mixed 25.9
83% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 149
DQ Write 159
DQ Mixed 165
121% 158 MB/s
105GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 355 357 360 362 364 MB/s
73.3% Very good
Read 373
Write 338
Mixed 342
SusWrite 362
80% 354 MB/s
4K Read 27.1
4K Write 35.2
4K Mixed 29.3
97% 30.5 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 141
104% 135 MB/s
440GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 382 390 360 379 364 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 380
Write 382
Mixed 352
SusWrite 376
84% 373 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 33.5
4K Mixed 27.6
91% 28.6 MB/s
DQ Read 146
DQ Write 152
DQ Mixed 155
115% 151 MB/s
662GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 361 364 369 367 366 MB/s
65.4% Good
Read 354
Write 364
Mixed 336
SusWrite 352
79% 352 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 33.3
4K Mixed 22.6
74% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 156
DQ Write 135
DQ Mixed 154
113% 148 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,747,400 SSDs tested

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Gaming 23%
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Desktop 72%
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Workstation 18%
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Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 (MS-7817) - $73

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples897x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples433x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples389x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples368x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples294x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples281x
SSD
USB3.0 1TBExternalBench 70%, 343 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples119x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples90x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples63x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $326

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