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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 70.1% (668th of 1074)

Based on 21 user benchmarks.  Model: USB 3.0
Poor: 44%Average: 70.1% Great: 87%

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Good average bench

The USB 3.0 2TB averaged 29.8% 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 125MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 23.6MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB 3.0 2TB is 43.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the USB 3.0 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 157MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 37.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 21 samples)
Rank 66870.1%
Min Avg Max
275 Read 371 398
251 Write 356 396
228 Mixed 332 370
130 SusWrite 333 419
78.4% 348 MB/s
Min Avg Max
12.4 4K Read 23.6 32.4
13.1 4K Write 37.8 55.6
10.7 4K Mixed 27.4 41.5
91% 29.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
51.8 DQ Read 157 230
37.9 DQ Write 138 182
13.6 DQ Mixed 125 192
99.7% 140 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
77GB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 389 392 394 394 395 MB/s
75.2% Very good
Read 398
Write 378
Mixed 370
SusWrite 391
87% 384 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 38.4
4K Mixed 27.1
87% 28.9 MB/s
DQ Read 187
DQ Write 176
DQ Mixed 174
132% 179 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0508
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 386 386 387 390 383 MB/s
68.3% Good
Read 387
Write 251
Mixed 352
SusWrite 388
78% 345 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 37.8
4K Mixed 18.2
74% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 156
DQ Mixed 27.1
54% 108 MB/s
275GB free
Firmware: 0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 288 162 161 151 121 MB/s
50.9% Above average
Read 380
Write 381
Mixed 338
SusWrite 210
74% 327 MB/s
4K Read 17.6
4K Write 25.5
4K Mixed 20.5
66% 21.2 MB/s
DQ Read 51.8
DQ Write 42.3
DQ Mixed 48
36% 47.4 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 131 131 122 135 137 MB/s
33.2% Below average
Read 275
Write 287
Mixed 228
SusWrite 130
52% 230 MB/s
4K Read 12.4
4K Write 13.1
4K Mixed 10.7
40% 12.1 MB/s
DQ Read 53.4
DQ Write 46.3
DQ Mixed 52.2
38% 50.6 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 76,049,870 SSDs tested

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

Motherboard: Asus B85M-E - $106

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples397x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples323x
Core i5-4570Intel  $99Bench 62%, 129,272 samples260x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples328x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples202x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples176x
SSD
3.0 2TBUSBBench 70%, 21 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples54x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples37x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples31x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $315

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45
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