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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 22.8% (1049th of 1072)

Based on 34 user benchmarks.  Model: G-DRIVE USB
Poor: 18%Average: 22.8% Great: 27%

Very poor average bench

The G-drive USB 6TB averaged 77.1% 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. Sustained Write Speed 194MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 184MB/s

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the G-drive USB 6TB is just 9.01%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the G-drive USB 6TB performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 3.03MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 5.74MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 34 samples)
Rank 104922.8%
Min Avg Max
115 Read 192 237
17.7 Write 184 238
42.4 Mixed 118 151
17.6 SusWrite 194 236
38.7% 172 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 3 4.1
8.1 4K Write 9.07 10
0.4 4K Mixed 1.29 1.7
11% 4.45 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 DQ Read 3.03 4.4
3.6 DQ Write 5.74 8.9
0.7 DQ Mixed 4.63 7
3.43% 4.47 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 2602
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 205 210 209 205 217 MB/s
24% Poor
Read 199
Write 203
Mixed 137
SusWrite 209
42% 187 MB/s
4K Read 3
4K Write 9.1
4K Mixed 1.2
11% 4.43 MB/s
DQ Read 3.8
DQ Write 6
DQ Mixed 5.4
4% 5.07 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 2602
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 164 164 164 167 MB/s
19.1% Very poor
Read 157
Write 158
Mixed 104
SusWrite 164
33% 146 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 9.8
4K Mixed 0.7
10% 4.27 MB/s
DQ Read 0.4
DQ Write 3.6
DQ Mixed 2.2
2% 2.07 MB/s
809GB free
Firmware: 2602
SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 141 153 145 141 152 MB/s
17.9% Very poor
Read 149
Write 142
Mixed 88.3
SusWrite 146
30% 131 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 8.3
4K Mixed 1.5
10% 4.03 MB/s
DQ Read 0.8
DQ Write 5.4
DQ Mixed 5.4
4% 3.87 MB/s
933GB free
Firmware: 2602
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 156 149 144 156 148 MB/s
17.8% Very poor
Read 144
Write 142
Mixed 101
SusWrite 150
30% 134 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 8.3
4K Mixed 1.1
10% 3.97 MB/s
DQ Read 1.7
DQ Write 4.6
DQ Mixed 3.8
3% 3.37 MB/s
820GB free
Firmware: 2602
SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 148 146 143 149 144 MB/s
17.7% Very poor
Read 140
Write 136
Mixed 113
SusWrite 146
30% 134 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 8.7
4K Mixed 1.6
10% 4.27 MB/s
DQ Read 1.2
DQ Write 6.1
DQ Mixed 2.9
2% 3.4 MB/s
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