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ST310003 (ExtHD)

40SV 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q1 2014.

Average Bench: 25.7% (152nd of 639)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 1f75 PID 0621 Model: ST310003 40SV
Poor: 14%Average: 25.7% Great: 37%

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Very poor average bench

The ST310003 40SV 1TB averaged 74.3% 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. Sequential Write Speed 64.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.75MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ST310003 40SV 1TB is 23.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the ST310003 40SV 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.44MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.24MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 15225.7%
Min Avg Max
31.1 Read 63.9 103
29 Write 64.2 101
12.1 Mixed 47.4 70.6
73.9% 58.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.22 4K Read 0.44 0.5
0.64 4K Write 0.75 0.82
0.18 4K Mixed 0.24 0.26
35.5% 0.48 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
651GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
37% Below average
Read 85.8
Write 101
Mixed 67.3
109% 84.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 0.78
4K Mixed 0.25
37% 0.5 MB/s
596GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
35.2% Below average
Read 93.1
Write 87.6
Mixed 70.6
105% 83.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.24
37% 0.5 MB/s
618GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
34.6% Below average
Read 92.7
Write 86.6
Mixed 70
104% 83.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.39
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.25
34% 0.45 MB/s
687GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
34.2% Below average
Read 77.8
Write 95.5
Mixed 63.4
102% 78.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 0.66
4K Mixed 0.18
30% 0.44 MB/s
762GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
34.2% Below average
Read 81.3
Write 92.5
Mixed 69
105% 81 MB/s
4K Read 0.36
4K Write 0.69
4K Mixed 0.22
32% 0.42 MB/s
688GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
22.1% Poor
Read 63.8
Write 49.8
Mixed 34.8
59% 49.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.22
4K Write 0.64
4K Mixed 0.21
30% 0.35 MB/s
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Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples236x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples107x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples49x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples51x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples38x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples34x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples31x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples24x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples17x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples28x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples20x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $332

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