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PNY (ExtHD)

U3 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 72% (7th of 639)

Based on 59 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 154b PID 5678 Model: PNY U3
Poor: 15%Average: 72% Great: 212%

Good average bench

The PNY U3 1TB averaged 28.0% 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 Write Speed 24.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 19.4MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the PNY U3 1TB is 197%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the PNY U3 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 5.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 133MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 59 samples)
Rank 772%
Min Avg Max
26.5 Read 133 359
24.5 Write 113 319
14.4 Mixed 93.7 309
24.5 SusWrite 130 382
158% 117 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 5.9 22.8
0.6 4K Write 8.2 26
0.18 4K Mixed 6.22 24
512% 6.77 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 DQ Read 17.9 24.7
9.31 DQ Write 24.7 48.8
0.19 DQ Mixed 19.4 28.8
1,567% 20.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
316GB free, PID 5678
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 371 383 382 382 386 MB/s
218% Outstanding
Read 399
Write 390
Mixed 354
SusWrite 346
504% 372 MB/s
4K Read 22.3
4K Write 26
4K Mixed 24.1
1,787% 24.1 MB/s
DQ Read 24.9
DQ Write 26.3
DQ Mixed 25.2
1,844% 25.5 MB/s
319GB free, PID 5678
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 240 241 241 241 241 MB/s
174% Outstanding
Read 253
Write 238
Mixed 241
SusWrite 241
332% 243 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 25.9
4K Mixed 23.5
1,764% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 23.9
DQ Write 36.2
DQ Mixed 27.6
2,259% 29.2 MB/s
151GB free, PID 5678
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 230 229 229 230 227 MB/s
143% Outstanding
Read 233
Write 225
Mixed 223
SusWrite 229
311% 227 MB/s
4K Read 12.9
4K Write 18.3
4K Mixed 15.1
1,184% 15.4 MB/s
DQ Read 14.4
DQ Write 20.9
DQ Mixed 16.8
1,336% 17.4 MB/s
500GB free, PID 5678
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 111 109 110 109 MB/s
45.3% Average
Read 111
Write 106
Mixed 29
SusWrite 109
117% 88.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
81% 1 MB/s
565GB free, PID 5678
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 117 120 120 121 MB/s
43.7% Average
Read 94.9
Write 99.4
Mixed 31.4
SusWrite 119
116% 86.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
60% 0.73 MB/s
238GB free, PID 5678
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 80 80 80 77 MB/s
33% Below average
Read 77.7
Write 81.6
Mixed 32.5
SusWrite 79.6
91% 67.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
66% 0.8 MB/s
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