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Exter nal USB 3.0 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2017.

Average Bench: 154% (1st of 639)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0080 PID a001 Model: TO Exter nal USB 3.0
Poor: 15%Average: 154% Great: 322%

Outstanding average bench

The TO Exter nal USB 3.0 480GB averaged 53.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 42.7MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 26.7MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 480GB is 307%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the TO Exter nal USB 3.0 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 213MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 14.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 1154%
Min Avg Max
2.8 Read 213 379
2 Write 163 415
2.7 Mixed 149 321
3.9 SusWrite 155 412
223% 170 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 14.7 26.9
0.1 4K Write 26.7 66.9
0.1 4K Mixed 12.9 34.2
1,404% 18.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
10.5 DQ Read 21 29.1
15.1 DQ Write 42.7 79.1
2.51 DQ Mixed 19 35.2
2,177% 27.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
353GB free, PID a001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 420 418 419 405 389 MB/s
322% Outstanding
Read 377
Write 415
Mixed 292
SusWrite 412
512% 374 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 55.8
4K Mixed 31.4
3,062% 37.7 MB/s
DQ Read 27.6
DQ Write 70.9
DQ Mixed 33.5
3,653% 44 MB/s
447GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 235 235 235 236 236 MB/s
219% Outstanding
Read 245
Write 229
Mixed 212
SusWrite 236
313% 230 MB/s
4K Read 21.4
4K Write 41.2
4K Mixed 24.6
2,317% 29.1 MB/s
DQ Read 25.6
DQ Write 54.6
DQ Mixed 30.1
2,976% 36.8 MB/s
380GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 233 236 234 235 236 MB/s
162% Outstanding
Read 268
Write 226
Mixed 225
SusWrite 220
314% 235 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 23.3
4K Mixed 13.4
1,307% 17.5 MB/s
DQ Read 18.1
DQ Write 35
DQ Mixed 16.4
1,815% 23.2 MB/s
242GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 109 37 61 44 47 MB/s
91.2% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 91
Mixed 71.3
SusWrite 79.2
131% 111 MB/s
4K Read 10.9
4K Write 13.6
4K Mixed 9.4
823% 11.3 MB/s
DQ Read 10.5
DQ Write 15.4
DQ Mixed 13.1
1,008% 13 MB/s
436GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 25 25 26 25 MB/s
33.4% Below average
Read 32.9
Write 27
Mixed 28.6
SusWrite 25.5
38% 28.5 MB/s
4K Read 6.7
4K Write 7
4K Mixed 6.2
474% 6.63 MB/s
54GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 28 29 30 26 29 MB/s
30% Poor
Read 31.2
Write 28.8
Mixed 29.7
SusWrite 28.5
40% 29.5 MB/s
4K Read 6
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 5.6
410% 5.8 MB/s
444GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s
15.3% Very poor
Read 27.5
Write 19
Mixed 22.8
SusWrite 21.1
30% 22.6 MB/s
4K Read 2.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 2.3
156% 2.27 MB/s
413GB free, PID a001
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 4 3.9 MB/s
1.56% Terrible
Read 2.8
Write 2
Mixed 2.7
SusWrite 3.9
4% 2.85 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.1
7% 0.07 MB/s
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