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USB3.0 960GB

USB3.0 960GB
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Effective Speed -65%Effective Speed -65%Average Score -63%Read -42%, Write -29%, 4K Read -80%, 4K Write -152%, Mixed -30%, 4K Mixed -107%, SusWrite -5%Peak Score -61%Read -26%, Write -24%, 4K Read -65%, 4K Write -188%, Mixed -16%, 4K Mixed -107%, SusWrite -1%Value & Sentiment -14%User Rating -14%Nice To Haves -79%DQ Read -54%, DQ Write -94%, DQ Mixed -81%, ADQ Read -113%, ADQ Write -122%, ADQ Mixed -148%, Age 47%, AS-SSD Total -68%

Average Bench: 59.7% (804^th of 1072)

Based on 55 user benchmarks. Model: External USB3.0

Poor: 47%Average: 59.7% Great: 78%

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Average average bench

The External USB3.0 960GB averaged 40.2% 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 105MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.1MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB3.0 960GB is 31.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the External USB3.0 960GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 34.8MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 153MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 55 samples)

Rank 80459.7%

Min	Avg	Max
166	Read 321	401
118	Write 315	390
185	Mixed 277	364
63.2	SusWrite 283	385
67.4% 299 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
13.2	4K Read 19.1	26.1
19.4	4K Write 34.8	42.5
14.2	4K Mixed 21.7	28.2
75.2% 25.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
86.5	DQ Read 153	239
77.6	DQ Write 130	185
14.2	DQ Mixed 105	183
88.5% 129 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BRA-User, 19 months ago.

70GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 386 384 387 279 122 MB/s

68.6% Good

Write 395

Mixed 340

SusWrite 325

81% 360 MB/s

4K Read 23.9

4K Write 35.3

4K Mixed 24.5

86% 27.9 MB/s

DQ Read 160

DQ Write 147

DQ Mixed 158

117% 155 MB/s

BRA-User, 19 months ago.

70GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 384 379 387 310 88 MB/s

68.3% Good

Write 387

Mixed 343

SusWrite 322

81% 360 MB/s

4K Read 23.5

4K Write 35.3

4K Mixed 24.5

86% 27.8 MB/s

DQ Read 157

DQ Write 144

DQ Mixed 159

117% 153 MB/s

BWA-User, 6 months ago.

687GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 315 328 305 328 342 MB/s

64.1% Good

Write 290

Mixed 259

SusWrite 322

68% 304 MB/s

4K Read 20.3

4K Write 30.2

4K Mixed 22.6

76% 24.4 MB/s

DQ Read 161

DQ Write 162

DQ Mixed 166

123% 163 MB/s

DEU-User, 16 months ago.

82GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 331 359 367 32 17 MB/s

55.9% Above average

Write 351

Mixed 322

SusWrite 232

72% 322 MB/s

4K Read 16.9

4K Write 32

4K Mixed 18

66% 22.3 MB/s

DQ Read 126

DQ Write 152

DQ Mixed 44.4

60% 107 MB/s

FRA-User, 5 months ago.

76GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 190 306 293 291 MB/s

53.5% Above average

Write 291

Mixed 269

SusWrite 188

56% 249 MB/s

4K Read 19.5

4K Write 35.5

4K Mixed 21.6

76% 25.5 MB/s

DQ Read 198

DQ Write 188

DQ Mixed 149

124% 178 MB/s

NZL-User, 9 months ago.

339GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.6 MB/s

51.6% Above average

Write 309

Mixed 308

SusWrite 43.7

58% 261 MB/s

4K Read 22.6

4K Write 37.6

4K Mixed 22.6

83% 27.6 MB/s

DQ Read 193

DQ Write 167

DQ Mixed 35.6

66% 132 MB/s

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	2,024x
Core i7-2600Intel $191Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	1,568x
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	933x

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HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,141x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,040x

SSD
USB3.0 960GBExternalBench 60%, 55 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	517x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	297x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $297

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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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