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USB 3.0 500GB

500GB
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Effective Speed -50%Effective Speed -50%Average Score -50%Read -31%, Write -19%, 4K Read -60%, 4K Write -149%, Mixed -15%, 4K Mixed -84%, SusWrite 7%Peak Score -51%Read -24%, Write -19%, 4K Read -44%, 4K Write -196%, Mixed -13%, 4K Mixed -65%, SusWrite 1%Value & Sentiment User Rating -14%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -64%DQ Read -67%, DQ Write -82%, DQ Mixed -52%, ADQ Read -118%, ADQ Write -99%, ADQ Mixed -106%, Age 78%, AS-SSD Total -70%

Average Bench: 65.6% (736^th of 1072)

Based on 8 user benchmarks. Model: External USB 3.0

Poor: 49%Average: 65.6% Great: 77%

Popular builds with this SSD

Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE V2 (1)

Above average average bench

The External USB 3.0 500GB averaged 34.3% 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 126MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 21.5MB/s

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the External USB 3.0 500GB is 27.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the External USB 3.0 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 35.2MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 150MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)

Rank 73665.6%

Min	Avg	Max
290	Read 349	408
285	Write 341	406
216	Mixed 312	376
130	SusWrite 318	391
74.4% 330 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
16.3	4K Read 21.5	29.9
25.2	4K Write 35.2	41.3
16.7	4K Mixed 24.5	35.3
82.5% 27 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
92.5	DQ Read 150	220
102	DQ Write 145	197
38	DQ Mixed 126	218
100% 140 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 2 years ago.

306GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 391 408 406 407 407 MB/s

76.6% Very good

Write 406

Mixed 376

SusWrite 391

86% 382 MB/s

4K Read 25.9

4K Write 41.3

4K Mixed 30.9

101% 32.7 MB/s

DQ Read 151

DQ Write 161

DQ Mixed 165

122% 159 MB/s

USA-User, 2 years ago.

304GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 332 323 330 302 248 MB/s

74.5% Very good

Write 329

Mixed 290

SusWrite 280

70% 309 MB/s

4K Read 29.9

4K Write 37.1

4K Mixed 35.3

110% 34.1 MB/s

DQ Read 220

DQ Write 197

DQ Mixed 218

161% 212 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 months ago.

320GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 378 380 385 377 374 MB/s

66.5% Good

Write 350

Mixed 337

SusWrite 348

81% 361 MB/s

4K Read 22.3

4K Write 25.2

4K Mixed 19.4

72% 22.3 MB/s

DQ Read 154

DQ Write 156

DQ Mixed 135

107% 148 MB/s

PER-User, 10 months ago.

353GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 338 340 348 359 365 MB/s

62.4% Good

Write 350

Mixed 318

SusWrite 348

78% 347 MB/s

4K Read 16.3

4K Write 34.9

4K Mixed 16.7

65% 22.6 MB/s

DQ Read 150

DQ Write 146

DQ Mixed 38.7

59% 112 MB/s

PER-User, 2 years ago.

314GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 311 329 329 315 342 MB/s

59.1% Above average

Write 285

Mixed 279

SusWrite 327

68% 303 MB/s

4K Read 18.1

4K Write 33.2

4K Mixed 16.7

66% 22.7 MB/s

DQ Read 144

DQ Write 127

DQ Mixed 38

55% 103 MB/s

CAN-User, 3 years ago.

32GB free

Firmware: 0204

SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 123 137 135 133 113 MB/s

48.7% Average

Write 298

Mixed 216

SusWrite 130

52% 233 MB/s

4K Read 17.2

4K Write 36.1

4K Mixed 23.3

75% 25.5 MB/s

DQ Read 135

DQ Write 121

DQ Mixed 133

98% 130 MB/s

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE V2

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Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	714x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	330x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	254x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	284x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	172x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	152x

SSD
USB 3.0 500GBExternalBench 66%, 8 samples	1x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	136x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	116x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	98x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $338

Popular USB 3.0 500GB compatible motherboards:

Gigabyte GA-B450 AORUS ELITE V2 (1)

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Average Bench: 65.6% (736^th of 1072)

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Average Bench: 65.6% (736th of 1072)

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