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Voyager GS 126GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 58% (17th of 639)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 1b1c PID 1a0d Model: Corsair Voyager GS
Poor: 11%Average: 58% Great: 85%

Average average bench

The Corsair Voyager GS 126GB averaged 41.9% 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 133MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 101MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Corsair Voyager GS 126GB is 73.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Corsair Voyager GS 126GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 6.46MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.93MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 1758%
Min Avg Max
23 Read 202 297
17.5 Write 101 252
5.2 Mixed 88.5 243
12 SusWrite 133 265
163% 131 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.004 4K Read 6.46 10.3
0.002 4K Write 0.93 1.62
0.002 4K Mixed 1.02 2.7
90.4% 2.81 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
114GB free, PID 1a0d
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 194 172 194 194 172 MB/s
80.4% Excellent
Read 229
Write 80.4
Mixed 45.7
SusWrite 187
164% 135 MB/s
4K Read 8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1.8
142% 3.77 MB/s
112GB free, PID 1a0d
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 181 181 140 180 176 MB/s
73.8% Very good
Read 211
Write 25.1
Mixed 73.8
SusWrite 170
143% 120 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1.1
112% 2.97 MB/s
112GB free, PID 1a0d
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 190 192 194 195 195 MB/s
50.7% Above average
Read 49.7
Write 189
Mixed 9.4
SusWrite 184
162% 108 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 1.3
83% 1.47 MB/s
76GB free, PID 1a0d
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 30 MB/s
17.7% Very poor
Read 38.9
Write 33.4
Mixed 7.7
SusWrite 34.8
37% 28.7 MB/s
4K Read 4.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 1.8
115% 2.47 MB/s
117GB free, PID 1a0d
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 36 36 36 36 30 MB/s
16% Very poor
Read 38.2
Write 34.4
Mixed 32.2
SusWrite 35.6
47% 35.1 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.2
40% 1.43 MB/s
81GB free, PID 1a0d
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 33 33 33 32 MB/s
13.4% Very poor
Read 27.2
Write 27.4
Mixed 22.8
SusWrite 32.8
38% 27.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.9
58% 1.13 MB/s
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