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USB3.0 2TB

USB3.0 2TB
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Effective Speed -41%Effective Speed -41%Average Score -42%Read -31%, Write -19%, 4K Read -42%, 4K Write -131%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed -66%, SusWrite 12%Peak Score -33%Read -26%, Write -22%, 4K Read -13%, 4K Write -113%, Mixed -11%, 4K Mixed -47%, SusWrite 3%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -56%DQ Read -49%, DQ Write -75%, DQ Mixed -50%, ADQ Read -103%, ADQ Write -95%, ADQ Mixed -78%, Age 58%, AS-SSD Total -54%

Average Bench: 69.7% (674^th of 1072)

Based on 73 user benchmarks. Model: External USB3.0

Poor: 52%Average: 69.7% Great: 86%

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Above average average bench

The External USB3.0 2TB averaged 30.3% 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 146MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 24.2MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB3.0 2TB is 34.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the External USB3.0 2TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 37.9MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 161MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 73 samples)

Rank 67469.7%

Min	Avg	Max
289	Read 350	401
232	Write 341	398
232	Mixed 307	380
170	SusWrite 333	398
75% 333 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
15	4K Read 24.2	38
19.1	4K Write 37.9	57.4
10.5	4K Mixed 27.1	39.6
91.5% 29.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
54.2	DQ Read 161	246
56.4	DQ Write 148	205
32.3	DQ Mixed 146	221
112% 152 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 3 months ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 403 403 403 403 403 MB/s

79.9% Very good

Write 405

Mixed 386

SusWrite 402

88% 391 MB/s

4K Read 25.8

4K Write 38.4

4K Mixed 30.5

98% 31.6 MB/s

DQ Read 249

DQ Write 183

DQ Mixed 184

146% 205 MB/s

PHL-User, 2 months ago.

53GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 376 383 376 378 375 MB/s

74% Very good

Write 93.2

Mixed 352

SusWrite 373

65% 290 MB/s

4K Read 26.1

4K Write 34

4K Mixed 29.5

95% 29.9 MB/s

DQ Read 182

DQ Write 170

DQ Mixed 140

115% 164 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

199GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 385 385 385 385 182 MB/s

69.7% Good

Write 393

Mixed 356

SusWrite 352

86% 380 MB/s

4K Read 19.7

4K Write 38.2

4K Mixed 20.5

76% 26.1 MB/s

DQ Read 180

DQ Write 180

DQ Mixed 38.4

68% 133 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

201GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 332 332 334 335 335 MB/s

68.5% Good

Write 336

Mixed 327

SusWrite 334

79% 350 MB/s

4K Read 20.8

4K Write 38.9

4K Mixed 21.3

79% 27 MB/s

DQ Read 153

DQ Write 190

DQ Mixed 39.1

66% 127 MB/s

USA-User, 5 months ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 343 359 341 375 380 MB/s

57.7% Above average

Write 258

Mixed 294

SusWrite 355

68% 300 MB/s

4K Read 16.4

4K Write 25.5

4K Mixed 18.8

62% 20.2 MB/s

DQ Read 109

DQ Write 105

DQ Mixed 108

81% 107 MB/s

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Gaming 18%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 17%

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System: HP Pavilion Laptop 15t-eg100

CPU
Core i7-1195G7IntelBench 69%, 2,243 samples	103x
Gen Intel Core i5-1155G711thBench 66%, 4,814 samples	4x

GPU
Iris XeIntelBench 14%, 144,774 samples	105x
GeForce MX350NvidiaBench 18%, 3,277 samples	2x

SSD
USB3.0 2TBExternalBench 70%, 73 samples	1x

RAM
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 88%, 37,566 samples	26x
HP32D4S2S8MR-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 1,023 samples	21x
M471A1K43EB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 38,732 samples	17x

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