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SPAN 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 78.6% (508th of 1072)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: StarTech SPAN
Poor: 70%Average: 78.6% Great: 84%

Good average bench

The Startech SPAN 1TB averaged 21.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Startech SPAN 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 28.8MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 90.1MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Startech SPAN 1TB is just 13.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Startech SPAN 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 133MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 125MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 50878.6%
Min Avg Max
369 Read 459 482
208 Write 295 451
248 Mixed 311 411
279 SusWrite 372 403
80.5% 359 MB/s
Min Avg Max
27.7 4K Read 28.8 30
30.8 4K Write 35.7 38.7
28 4K Mixed 30.9 32.9
102% 31.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
75.5 DQ Read 133 165
88.8 DQ Write 125 148
32.5 DQ Mixed 90.1 138
78.3% 116 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
685GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 388 361 420 425 361 MB/s
83.6% Excellent
Read 480
Write 221
Mixed 282
SusWrite 403
77% 346 MB/s
4K Read 29.6
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 32.9
108% 33.7 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 118
94% 132 MB/s
721GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 384 359 359 358 358 MB/s
78.7% Very good
Read 473
Write 445
Mixed 350
SusWrite 378
93% 412 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 35.1
4K Mixed 30.4
98% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 130
DQ Write 134
DQ Mixed 128
97% 131 MB/s
611GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 388 363 407 427 361 MB/s
78.3% Very good
Read 471
Write 224
Mixed 283
SusWrite 399
77% 344 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 30.8
4K Mixed 28.8
96% 29.3 MB/s
DQ Read 142
DQ Write 88.8
DQ Mixed 66.5
63% 99.2 MB/s
613GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 386 360 361 361 360 MB/s
75.6% Very good
Read 472
Write 442
Mixed 411
SusWrite 377
96% 426 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 31
4K Mixed 28
94% 28.9 MB/s
DQ Read 75.5
DQ Write 120
DQ Mixed 83.4
67% 92.9 MB/s
557GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 299 196 215 221 372 MB/s
70.1% Very good
Read 369
Write 208
Mixed 248
SusWrite 279
62% 276 MB/s
4K Read 27.8
4K Write 37.6
4K Mixed 30.1
101% 31.8 MB/s
DQ Read 165
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 32.5
58% 115 MB/s

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