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TOSHIBA (ExtHD)

External USB 3.0 240GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 85.9% (5th of 639)

Based on 24 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0480 PID a006 Model: TOSHIBA External USB 3.0
Poor: 27%Average: 85.9% Great: 159%

Very good average bench

The TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 240GB averaged just 14.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 240GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 26.6MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 18.1MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 240GB is 132%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 240GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 122MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 85MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 24 samples)
Rank 585.9%
Min Avg Max
21.4 Read 122 254
16.2 Write 92.1 241
12.5 Mixed 85 218
21.9 SusWrite 87.9 230
127% 96.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
4.3 4K Read 12.7 25.1
1.3 4K Write 15.2 43.8
1.63 4K Mixed 11.8 25.3
965% 13.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
8.1 DQ Read 16.8 26.9
11.7 DQ Write 26.6 53.8
9.2 DQ Mixed 18.1 30.6
1,582% 20.5 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
109GB free, PID a006
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 155 152 153 153 MB/s
135% Outstanding
Read 233
Write 119
Mixed 149
SusWrite 155
208% 164 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 21
4K Mixed 11.1
1,147% 15.6 MB/s
DQ Read 16.7
DQ Write 25.3
DQ Mixed 13.9
1,395% 18.6 MB/s
113GB free, PID a006
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 100 48 48 48 48 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 218
Write 151
Mixed 155
SusWrite 87
194% 153 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 23.1
4K Mixed 13.7
1,310% 17.5 MB/s
DQ Read 14.8
DQ Write 24.3
DQ Mixed 15.9
1,422% 18.3 MB/s
66GB free, PID a006
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 39 40 40 40 MB/s
64.8% Good
Read 39.7
Write 39.5
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 39.5
53% 39 MB/s
4K Read 12
4K Write 15.5
4K Mixed 9.9
908% 12.5 MB/s
DQ Read 9.6
DQ Write 12.8
DQ Mixed 10.5
828% 11 MB/s
66GB free, PID a006
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 39 40 39 40 MB/s
61.9% Good
Read 39.1
Write 39.5
Mixed 36.9
SusWrite 39.5
53% 38.8 MB/s
4K Read 11.5
4K Write 14.6
4K Mixed 9.3
856% 11.8 MB/s
DQ Read 9.1
DQ Write 11.7
DQ Mixed 10.1
775% 10.3 MB/s
96GB free, PID a006
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 22 16 19 19 27 MB/s
38.5% Below average
Read 52.9
Write 34.5
Mixed 13
SusWrite 23.2
37% 30.9 MB/s
4K Read 11.7
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 6.5
520% 8.57 MB/s
144GB free, PID a006
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 29 29 29 MB/s
36.5% Below average
Read 32.8
Write 16.2
Mixed 29.6
SusWrite 28.8
36% 26.8 MB/s
4K Read 7.5
4K Write 7.7
4K Mixed 7.5
545% 7.57 MB/s
65GB free, PID a006
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s
33.4% Below average
Read 27.3
Write 21.8
Mixed 24
SusWrite 21.9
32% 23.8 MB/s
4K Read 7
4K Write 7.5
4K Mixed 6.6
506% 7.03 MB/s
22GB free, PID a006
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 25 28 26 23 MB/s
19.7% Very poor
Read 55.9
Write 26
Mixed 27.3
SusWrite 24.4
40% 33.4 MB/s
4K Read 9.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 5.5
266% 5.43 MB/s
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