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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 67.4% (709th of 1072)

Based on 55 user benchmarks.  Model: USB 3.0
Poor: 44%Average: 67.4% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The USB 3.0 1TB averaged 32.6% 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 131MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 22.8MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB 3.0 1TB is 36.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the USB 3.0 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 145MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 34.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 55 samples)
Rank 70967.4%
Min Avg Max
300 Read 364 411
157 Write 334 411
218 Mixed 318 390
114 SusWrite 324 406
75.4% 335 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.3 4K Read 22.8 31.9
20.9 4K Write 34.5 42.6
7.12 4K Mixed 26 36
86.2% 27.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
52.5 DQ Read 145 228
43.7 DQ Write 131 183
24.3 DQ Mixed 131 209
100% 136 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
867GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 382 384 404 404 404 MB/s
75% Very good
Read 368
Write 368
Mixed 350
SusWrite 390
83% 369 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 37.3
4K Mixed 28
92% 29.7 MB/s
DQ Read 178
DQ Write 174
DQ Mixed 187
138% 180 MB/s
613GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 278 346 350 367 368 MB/s
64% Good
Read 329
Write 329
Mixed 254
SusWrite 331
70% 311 MB/s
4K Read 18.1
4K Write 33.1
4K Mixed 22.9
74% 24.7 MB/s
DQ Read 162
DQ Write 170
DQ Mixed 164
124% 165 MB/s
256GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 312 316 302 292 291 MB/s
61.3% Good
Read 322
Write 241
Mixed 260
SusWrite 305
63% 282 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 24
4K Mixed 19.9
69% 21.4 MB/s
DQ Read 208
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 196
145% 192 MB/s
676GB free
Firmware: 0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 317 314 311 315 316 MB/s
58.9% Above average
Read 338
Write 322
Mixed 317
SusWrite 316
73% 323 MB/s
4K Read 19.4
4K Write 34
4K Mixed 23.2
77% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 51.8
DQ Write 39.1
DQ Mixed 43.3
33% 44.7 MB/s
252GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 154 149 140 143 MB/s
49% Average
Read 396
Write 236
Mixed 371
SusWrite 149
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 18.5
4K Mixed 15.4
65% 19.2 MB/s
DQ Read 172
DQ Write 24.5
DQ Mixed 111
78% 102 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 71 61 82 72 49 MB/s
40.5% Average
Read 377
Write 42.5
Mixed 66
SusWrite 64.7
30% 138 MB/s
4K Read 14.3
4K Write 37.9
4K Mixed 15.9
62% 22.7 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 3.2
DQ Mixed 97.9
61% 70.2 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,664,927 SSDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H - $76

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples503x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples495x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples474x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples473x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples226x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples223x
SSD
3.0 1TBUSBBench 67%, 55 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples68x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples50x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $285

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