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Exter nal USB 3.0 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 78.4% (6th of 639)

Based on 68 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0080 PID a001 Model: TO Exter nal USB 3.0
Poor: 12%Average: 78.4% Great: 200%

Good average bench

The TO Exter nal USB 3.0 120GB averaged 21.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 41.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 16.7MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 120GB is 188%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 106MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 64.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 68 samples)
Rank 678.4%
Min Avg Max
12.7 Read 106 296
18.7 Write 78.2 235
12.3 Mixed 75 215
10.7 SusWrite 64.6 169
105% 80.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.25 4K Read 10.4 23.4
0.38 4K Write 14.9 48.2
0.19 4K Mixed 8.43 27
831% 11.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
11.1 DQ Read 20.3 30.5
15.4 DQ Write 41.4 73.5
1.36 DQ Mixed 16.7 32.7
2,050% 26.1 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
24GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 87 103 100 93 102 MB/s
165% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 123
Mixed 148
SusWrite 96.4
180% 140 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 36.5
4K Mixed 21.2
2,029% 25.2 MB/s
DQ Read 18.1
DQ Write 40.7
DQ Mixed 24.7
2,292% 27.8 MB/s
24GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 131 130 129 130 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 233
Write 129
Mixed 140
SusWrite 129
198% 158 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 19.8
4K Mixed 14.8
1,227% 16.1 MB/s
DQ Read 15.9
DQ Write 28
DQ Mixed 15.9
1,552% 19.9 MB/s
112GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 106 100 108 99 MB/s
124% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 81.3
Mixed 140
SusWrite 103
159% 124 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 24
4K Mixed 9.4
1,191% 16 MB/s
DQ Read 16.2
DQ Write 34.4
DQ Mixed 10.4
1,584% 20.3 MB/s
70GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 82 66 68 68 68 MB/s
123% Outstanding
Read 291
Write 236
Mixed 226
SusWrite 84.9
268% 209 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 19.3
4K Mixed 7.9
977% 13.7 MB/s
DQ Read 18.5
DQ Write 32.9
DQ Mixed 11.1
1,565% 20.8 MB/s
84GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 20 18 24 22 21 MB/s
34% Below average
Read 28.5
Write 20.8
Mixed 24.3
SusWrite 21.5
32% 23.8 MB/s
4K Read 7.6
4K Write 7.6
4K Mixed 7.6
545% 7.6 MB/s
5GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 25 26 26 26 26 MB/s
22.8% Poor
Read 17.4
Write 24.4
Mixed 15.5
SusWrite 25
29% 20.6 MB/s
4K Read 4.2
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 4.1
308% 4.27 MB/s
102GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 27 27 26 MB/s
11.8% Very poor
Read 13
Write 28
Mixed 24.3
SusWrite 26.8
34% 23 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
63% 0.77 MB/s
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