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Apricorn (ExtHD)

SATAWire 6G 128GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 153% (1st of 639)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0984 PID 0301 Model: Apricorn SATAWire 6G
Poor: 35%Average: 153% Great: 261%

Outstanding average bench

The Apricorn SATAWire 6G 128GB averaged 53.4% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apricorn SATAWire 6G 128GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 53MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 31.4MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this USB perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 155MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 82MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 1153%
Min Avg Max
31 Read 155 261
20.5 Write 138 256
24.3 Mixed 130 237
25 SusWrite 82 139
167% 126 MB/s
Min Avg Max
6.7 4K Read 16.3 23.7
7.8 4K Write 31.4 52.7
7 4K Mixed 14.8 19.5
1632% 20.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
22.5 DQ Read 25.3 28.1
43.4 DQ Write 53 62.5
19.9 DQ Mixed 22.6 25.3
2,664% 33.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
33GB free, PID 0301
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
261% Outstanding
Read 261
Write 256
Mixed 237
322% 251 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 52.7
4K Mixed 19.5
2,544% 32 MB/s
DQ Read 28.1
DQ Write 62.5
DQ Mixed 19.9
2,908% 36.8 MB/s
118GB free, PID 0301
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 139 139 139 139 MB/s
163% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 138
Mixed 129
SusWrite 139
192% 145 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 33.7
4K Mixed 17.9
1,823% 23.3 MB/s
DQ Read 22.5
DQ Write 43.4
DQ Mixed 25.3
2,420% 30.4 MB/s
119GB free, PID 0301
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 26 24 25 25 MB/s
35.5% Below average
Read 31
Write 20.5
Mixed 24.3
SusWrite 25
33% 25.2 MB/s
4K Read 6.7
4K Write 7.8
4K Mixed 7
528% 7.17 MB/s
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