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Asmedia (ExtHD)

1053-3G Ext. HDD 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2015.

Average Bench: 84% (5th of 639)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 174c PID 55aa Model: Asmedia 1053-3G Ext. HDD
Poor: 29%Average: 84% Great: 168%

Very good average bench

The Asmedia 1053-3G Ext. HDD 500GB averaged just 16.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Asmedia 1053-3G Ext. HDD 500GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 29MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 25.8MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Asmedia 1053-3G Ext. HDD 500GB is 140%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Asmedia 1053-3G Ext. HDD 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 141MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 8.86MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 584%
Min Avg Max
29.6 Read 141 236
20.5 Write 138 235
19 Mixed 117 225
21.5 SusWrite 144 229
184% 135 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 8.86 23.6
0.7 4K Write 10.8 26
0.19 4K Mixed 9.28 24.3
716% 9.65 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21 DQ Read 23.7 25
26 DQ Write 29 38.3
24.5 DQ Mixed 25.8 28.4
1,953% 26.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
316GB free, PID 55aa
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 234 233 228 228 227 MB/s
169% Outstanding
Read 236
Write 223
Mixed 223
SusWrite 229
311% 228 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 25.8
4K Mixed 24.1
1,783% 24.3 MB/s
DQ Read 24.7
DQ Write 26.2
DQ Mixed 25.4
1,847% 25.4 MB/s
322GB free, PID 55aa
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 228 227 226 225 227 MB/s
168% Outstanding
Read 236
Write 226
Mixed 225
SusWrite 228
312% 229 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 25.7
4K Mixed 24.3
1,788% 24.5 MB/s
DQ Read 24.9
DQ Write 26
DQ Mixed 25.3
1,837% 25.4 MB/s
27GB free, PID 55aa
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 203 230 108 71 69 MB/s
146% Outstanding
Read 223
Write 231
Mixed 219
SusWrite 141
275% 204 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 25.5
4K Mixed 22.8
1,720% 23 MB/s
DQ Read 23
DQ Write 38.3
DQ Mixed 28.4
2,354% 29.9 MB/s
466GB free, PID 55aa
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 198 213 190 190 184 MB/s
126% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 206
Mixed 178
SusWrite 194
264% 192 MB/s
4K Read 11.3
4K Write 17.4
4K Mixed 14.9
1,140% 14.5 MB/s
DQ Read 21
DQ Write 28.3
DQ Mixed 24.5
1,874% 24.6 MB/s
381GB free, PID 55aa
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 92 93 95 89 92 MB/s
38.1% Below average
Read 103
Write 94
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 91.4
113% 85.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
60% 0.77 MB/s
376GB free, PID 55aa
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 93 93 95 95 95 MB/s
37.2% Below average
Read 92.2
Write 91.3
Mixed 55.4
SusWrite 94.4
112% 83.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
60% 0.77 MB/s
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