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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 62.5% (10th of 639)

Based on 32 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 152d PID 0578 Model: USB 3.0
Poor: 13%Average: 62.5% Great: 176%

Above average average bench

The USB 3.0 1TB averaged 37.5% 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 43.7MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 29.6MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB 3.0 1TB is 163%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the USB 3.0 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 4.24MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 110MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32 samples)
Rank 1062.5%
Min Avg Max
0.8 Read 110 323
0.7 Write 102 311
0.7 Mixed 76.1 305
0.9 SusWrite 100 307
130% 96.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 4.24 25
0.4 4K Write 7.92 72.9
0.1 4K Mixed 4.94 32.8
453% 5.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
21.1 DQ Read 24.5 30
28.8 DQ Write 43.7 83.5
24.6 DQ Mixed 29.6 38.2
2,581% 32.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
856GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 286 277 276 272 270 MB/s
328% Outstanding
Read 265
Write 280
Mixed 234
SusWrite 275
361% 264 MB/s
4K Read 23
4K Write 72.9
4K Mixed 32.8
3,680% 42.9 MB/s
DQ Read 25.1
DQ Write 83.5
DQ Mixed 34.3
4,100% 47.6 MB/s
470GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 219 208 205 205 205 MB/s
150% Outstanding
Read 242
Write 205
Mixed 218
SusWrite 209
294% 218 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 21.1
4K Mixed 19.5
1,447% 19.5 MB/s
DQ Read 23.3
DQ Write 28.8
DQ Mixed 25.6
1,937% 25.9 MB/s
530GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 110 116 123 121 110 MB/s
132% Outstanding
Read 251
Write 247
Mixed 238
SusWrite 114
283% 213 MB/s
4K Read 16.7
4K Write 21.7
4K Mixed 19
1,446% 19.1 MB/s
DQ Read 21.1
DQ Write 30.7
DQ Mixed 24.6
1,959% 25.5 MB/s
589GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 189 190 191 192 184 MB/s
68.3% Good
Read 161
Write 160
Mixed 90.4
SusWrite 185
202% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
78% 1 MB/s
143GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 28 28 29 29 MB/s
18.2% Very poor
Read 31.9
Write 27.9
Mixed 24.2
SusWrite 28.5
38% 28.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
120% 1.53 MB/s
120GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 25 24 24 24 24 MB/s
12.6% Very poor
Read 18.3
Write 29.5
Mixed 17.8
SusWrite 24.3
32% 22.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
82% 0.87 MB/s
61GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 17 20 20 20 21 MB/s
10.1% Very poor
Read 18.8
Write 17.3
Mixed 14.5
SusWrite 19.4
24% 17.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
52% 0.6 MB/s
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