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ZALMAN (ExtHD)

ZM-VE500 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 68.1% (8th of 639)

Based on 27 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 13fd PID 3e40 Model: ZALMAN ZM-VE500
Poor: 13%Average: 68.1% Great: 188%

Above average average bench

The ZALMAN ZM-VE500 1TB averaged 31.8% 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. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 39MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 29MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ZALMAN ZM-VE500 1TB is 174%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the ZALMAN ZM-VE500 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 5.83MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 116MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 27 samples)
Rank 868.1%
Min Avg Max
13 Read 116 333
12.7 Write 105 333
2.76 Mixed 90.1 319
7.9 SusWrite 108 335
141% 105 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 5.83 21.8
0 4K Write 8.83 32.9
0.2 4K Mixed 6.49 26.4
543% 7.05 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.3 DQ Read 24.7 27.7
27.4 DQ Write 39 63.3
23.5 DQ Mixed 29 36.9
2,404% 30.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
882GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 259 82 82 82 82 MB/s
233% Outstanding
Read 389
Write 393
Mixed 341
SusWrite 162
425% 321 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 44
4K Mixed 31.2
2,650% 33.4 MB/s
DQ Read 26.7
DQ Write 54.2
DQ Mixed 34.4
3,113% 38.4 MB/s
543GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 169 177 166 169 232 MB/s
174% Outstanding
Read 232
Write 226
Mixed 219
SusWrite 179
289% 214 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 31.5
4K Mixed 24.7
1,987% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 24.4
DQ Write 39.1
DQ Mixed 29.5
2,424% 31 MB/s
543GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 225 222 221 224 218 MB/s
173% Outstanding
Read 241
Write 221
Mixed 218
SusWrite 225
307% 226 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 27.5
4K Mixed 24
1,829% 24.1 MB/s
DQ Read 24.4
DQ Write 36.5
DQ Mixed 29
2,318% 30 MB/s
646GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 116 119 113 117 117 MB/s
48.7% Average
Read 90.3
Write 122
Mixed 88
SusWrite 115
146% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.2
125% 1.73 MB/s
177GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 114 112 111 114 116 MB/s
41.2% Average
Read 83.8
Write 85.5
Mixed 85.7
SusWrite 113
128% 92 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
68% 1.23 MB/s
95GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 37 45 46 54 43 MB/s
21.6% Poor
Read 32.4
Write 50.6
Mixed 51
SusWrite 43
64% 44.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.3
94% 1.13 MB/s
465GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 42 34 34 35 17 MB/s
15.6% Very poor
Read 59.1
Write 19.2
Mixed 13.4
SusWrite 31.5
36% 30.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.2
10% 0.37 MB/s
697GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 56 21 57 19 56 MB/s
10.8% Very poor
Read 13
Write 18.2
Mixed 17.7
SusWrite 40.7
33% 22.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 2
69% 0.77 MB/s
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