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Sharkoon (Flash)

Ultimate 126GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 47.2% (26th of 639)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 13fe PID 5000 Model: Sharkoon Ultimate
Poor: 11%Average: 47.2% Great: 76%

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Below average average bench

The Sharkoon Ultimate 126GB averaged 52.8% 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 Mixed IO Speed 101MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 211MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Sharkoon Ultimate 126GB is 65.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Sharkoon Ultimate 126GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.65MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 7.46MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 2647.2%
Min Avg Max
33 Read 211 280
16.6 Write 53.5 152
18.6 Mixed 101 165
129% 122 MB/s
Min Avg Max
3.47 4K Read 7.46 9.42
0.52 4K Write 1.04 1.52
0.31 4K Mixed 0.65 0.85
85.1% 3.05 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
59GB free, PID 5000
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
76.2% Very good
Read 264
Write 152
Mixed 165
228% 194 MB/s
4K Read 5.66
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.67
81% 2.48 MB/s
82GB free, PID 5000
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
59.5% Above average
Read 280
Write 59.8
Mixed 99.8
147% 147 MB/s
4K Read 9.42
4K Write 1.16
4K Mixed 0.34
86% 3.64 MB/s
90GB free, PID 5000
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
49.7% Average
Read 232
Write 42.7
Mixed 83.4
119% 120 MB/s
4K Read 8.64
4K Write 1.52
4K Mixed 0.85
112% 3.67 MB/s
86GB free, PID 5000
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
48.7% Average
Read 239
Write 35.9
Mixed 106
129% 127 MB/s
4K Read 8.56
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.79
106% 3.58 MB/s
117GB free, PID 5000, sharkoon ulimate
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
46.5% Average
Read 237
Write 35.1
Mixed 153
153% 142 MB/s
4K Read 7.44
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.77
84% 3.03 MB/s
90GB free, PID 5000
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
10.8% Very poor
Read 33
Write 16.6
Mixed 18.6
26% 22.7 MB/s
4K Read 3.47
4K Write 0.52
4K Mixed 0.31
41% 1.43 MB/s
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Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples2,470x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples1,467x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples799x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples1,924x
HD 4000 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 52,547 samples726x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples490x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples267x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples83x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples78x
RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GBMicronBench 52%, 17,707 samples64x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples57x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples52x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $87

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