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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 210% (1st of 639)

Based on 3 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 152d PID 1576 Model: USB
Poor: 167%Average: 210% Great: 244%

Outstanding average bench

The USB 256GB averaged 109.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the USB 256GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 49.6MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 36.9MB/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 274MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 20.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)
Rank 1210%
Min Avg Max
246 Read 274 300
228 Write 235 245
124 Mixed 190 232
252 SusWrite 252 252
318% 238 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.1 4K Read 20.5 24.4
23.8 4K Write 36.9 46.9
12.5 4K Mixed 15.3 18.8
1,852% 24.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.1 DQ Read 23.7 28.7
36 DQ Write 49.6 63.4
16.2 DQ Mixed 19.6 24.4
2,441% 31 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
238GB free, PID 1576
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
244% Outstanding
Read 300
Write 233
Mixed 124
258% 219 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 46.9
4K Mixed 14.6
2,172% 27.5 MB/s
DQ Read 23.3
DQ Write 63.4
DQ Mixed 16.2
2,796% 34.3 MB/s
237GB free, PID 1576
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
219% Outstanding
Read 277
Write 228
Mixed 232
308% 246 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 40
4K Mixed 12.5
1,876% 25.6 MB/s
DQ Read 28.7
DQ Write 49.5
DQ Mixed 18.1
2,403% 32.1 MB/s
129GB free, PID 1576
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 255 244 253 252 252 MB/s
167% Outstanding
Read 246
Write 245
Mixed 213
SusWrite 252
326% 239 MB/s
4K Read 16.1
4K Write 23.8
4K Mixed 18.8
1,509% 19.6 MB/s
DQ Read 19.1
DQ Write 36
DQ Mixed 24.4
2,125% 26.5 MB/s
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