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Toshiba

External USB 3.0 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 46.6% (904th of 1072)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Model: TOSHIBA External USB 3.0
Poor: 39%Average: 46.6% Great: 56%

Below average average bench

The Toshiba External USB 3.0 128GB averaged 53.3% 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 68.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 16.9MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Toshiba External USB 3.0 128GB is just 17.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Toshiba External USB 3.0 128GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 120MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 140MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 90446.6%
Min Avg Max
290 Read 323 366
83.7 Write 140 389
110 Mixed 153 334
96 SusWrite 120 184
40.7% 184 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.8 4K Read 16.9 24.9
17.8 4K Write 31.8 38.1
6.4 4K Mixed 18.6 28.5
66.4% 22.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
84.1 DQ Read 140 178
78.1 DQ Write 123 168
15.7 DQ Mixed 68.7 162
68.7% 111 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
119GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 158 157 157 157 157 MB/s
62.8% Good
Read 366
Write 389
Mixed 334
SusWrite 181
71% 318 MB/s
4K Read 24.9
4K Write 38
4K Mixed 28.5
94% 30.5 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 168
DQ Mixed 162
125% 169 MB/s
24GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 281 283 124 83 89 MB/s
56% Above average
Read 316
Write 236
Mixed 252
SusWrite 176
55% 245 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 37.6
4K Mixed 26
85% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 130
98% 132 MB/s
24GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 110 98 94 99 91 MB/s
52.4% Above average
Read 332
Write 238
Mixed 256
SusWrite 109
52% 234 MB/s
4K Read 21.1
4K Write 37.5
4K Mixed 25.9
85% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 128
DQ Mixed 129
98% 132 MB/s
99GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 134 111 110 MB/s
46.5% Average
Read 358
Write 84
Mixed 151
SusWrite 107
38% 175 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 34.3
4K Mixed 18.8
67% 23.2 MB/s
DQ Read 111
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 55.1
56% 91.2 MB/s
40GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 145 197 192 273 37 MB/s
40.5% Average
Read 330
Write 244
Mixed 177
SusWrite 184
52% 234 MB/s
4K Read 13.8
4K Write 17.8
4K Mixed 6.4
38% 12.7 MB/s
DQ Read 108
DQ Write 112
DQ Mixed 15.7
38% 78.7 MB/s
78GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 89 102 109 103 94 MB/s
38.7% Below average
Read 294
Write 93.5
Mixed 118
SusWrite 99.6
33% 151 MB/s
4K Read 15.1
4K Write 24.2
4K Mixed 15.6
56% 18.3 MB/s
DQ Read 84.1
DQ Write 78.1
DQ Mixed 54.3
48% 72.2 MB/s
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