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External USB 3.0 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 30.3% (96th of 639)

Based on 1,195 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0480 PID a00c Model: TOSHIBA External USB 3.0
Poor: 11%Average: 30.3% Great: 45%

Poor average bench

The TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB averaged 69.7% 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 30.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 18.8MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB is 34.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 67.7MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,195 samples)
Rank 9630.3%
Min Avg Max
21.3 Read 67.7 110
15.5 Write 66.6 107
10.1 Mixed 30.3 37.9
16.1 SusWrite 67.1 109
77.1% 57.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.7 0.5
0.3 4K Write 1.83 1.9
0.3 4K Mixed 0.78 0.7
91.5% 1.11 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.1 DQ Read 20.4 24.6
17.4 DQ Write 30.9 38.5
13.9 DQ Mixed 18.8 29.8
1,767% 23.4 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
408GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 112 117 117 117 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 111
Write 112
Mixed 37.8
SusWrite 116
125% 94.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
90% 1.03 MB/s
419GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 107 110 109 108 MB/s
42.8% Average
Read 114
Write 114
Mixed 52.2
SusWrite 109
130% 97.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
50% 0.63 MB/s
176GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 81 81 82 82 82 MB/s
34.9% Below average
Read 84.4
Write 87
Mixed 34.1
SusWrite 80.7
95% 71.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
77% 0.9 MB/s
187GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 78 62 106 88 107 MB/s
34.3% Below average
Read 90.5
Write 62.1
Mixed 8.7
SusWrite 91
80% 63.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
18% 0.3 MB/s
23GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 63 63 64 64 MB/s
27.5% Poor
Read 60.7
Write 57.9
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 62.9
70% 52.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
77% 0.9 MB/s
9GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 42 41 41 MB/s
19.4% Very poor
Read 49.8
Write 38.3
Mixed 21.1
SusWrite 41
49% 37.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
57% 0.73 MB/s
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