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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 66.3% (727th of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: External USB 3.0
Poor: 56%Average: 66.3% Great: 77%

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Above average average bench

The External USB 3.0 1TB averaged 33.6% 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 116MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 27.8MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB 3.0 1TB is 20.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the External USB 3.0 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 36.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 156MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 72766.3%
Min Avg Max
327 Read 366 391
306 Write 367 402
299 Mixed 350 377
129 SusWrite 277 404
76.6% 340 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.5 4K Read 22.7 24.5
35.1 4K Write 36.5 38.9
26.5 4K Mixed 27.8 30.1
89.5% 29 MB/s
Min Avg Max
139 DQ Read 156 174
124 DQ Write 148 166
32.9 DQ Mixed 116 179
96.7% 140 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
555GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 404 403 408 408 404 MB/s
76.7% Very good
Read 359
Write 361
Mixed 350
SusWrite 404
83% 369 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 38.9
4K Mixed 30.1
96% 31.2 MB/s
DQ Read 174
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 179
132% 173 MB/s
546GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 354 356 361 374 358 MB/s
73.6% Very good
Read 391
Write 402
Mixed 377
SusWrite 366
87% 384 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 35.7
4K Mixed 28.3
90% 28.9 MB/s
DQ Read 169
DQ Write 165
DQ Mixed 53.3
71% 129 MB/s
274GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 376 376 376 376 372 MB/s
71.5% Very good
Read 373
Write 376
Mixed 355
SusWrite 375
83% 370 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 35.1
4K Mixed 26.7
86% 27.9 MB/s
DQ Read 156
DQ Write 147
DQ Mixed 151
113% 151 MB/s
240GB free
Firmware: 0203
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 171 170 169 170 171 MB/s
58.4% Above average
Read 371
Write 375
Mixed 361
SusWrite 170
72% 319 MB/s
4K Read 21.5
4K Write 35.2
4K Mixed 26.5
85% 27.7 MB/s
DQ Read 148
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 146
110% 146 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,714,538 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 83%
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Workstation
Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: Asrock X99 Taichi

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel  $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples154x
Core i7-6850KIntel  $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples100x
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples55x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples52x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples51x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples41x
SSD
USB 3.0 1TBExternalBench 66%, 6 samples1x
RAM
CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GBUnknownBench 68%, 1,169 samples12x
M378A1G43EB1-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 78%, 415 samples8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 127% - Outstanding Total price: $235

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