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External USB 3.0 480GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2015.

Average Bench: 112% (5th of 639)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0480 PID a00c Model: TOSHIBA External USB 3.0
Poor: 16%Average: 112% Great: 194%

Outstanding average bench

The TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 480GB averaged 12.3% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 480GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 31.5MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 19.3MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 480GB is 178%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 480GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 164MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 99.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 5112%
Min Avg Max
21.1 Read 164 244
16.2 Write 152 242
20.3 Mixed 135 234
5.4 SusWrite 99.9 205
183% 138 MB/s
Min Avg Max
2.3 4K Read 15.5 21
0 4K Write 19.3 39
0.9 4K Mixed 12.3 25.5
1,133% 15.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
16.5 DQ Read 20.1 22.8
10.4 DQ Write 31.5 58.1
1.1 DQ Mixed 19.2 33.9
1,801% 23.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
292GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 192 190 199 188 199 MB/s
194% Outstanding
Read 192
Write 186
Mixed 184
SusWrite 192
258% 188 MB/s
4K Read 19
4K Write 39
4K Mixed 25.5
2,264% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 22.8
DQ Write 58.1
DQ Mixed 33.9
3,214% 38.3 MB/s
402GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 237 226 179 174 173 MB/s
164% Outstanding
Read 244
Write 242
Mixed 234
SusWrite 205
314% 231 MB/s
4K Read 18
4K Write 25.8
4K Mixed 20.6
1,645% 21.5 MB/s
DQ Read 19.5
DQ Write 38.4
DQ Mixed 25.1
2,232% 27.7 MB/s
262GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 246 246 227 89 89 MB/s
153% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 206
Mixed 190
SusWrite 190
267% 194 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 25.9
4K Mixed 21.4
1,687% 22.8 MB/s
DQ Read 22.4
DQ Write 26
DQ Mixed 22.3
1,726% 23.6 MB/s
22GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 42 29 55 96 30 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 123
Write 85
Mixed 168
SusWrite 79
154% 114 MB/s
4K Read 8
4K Write 21.7
4K Mixed 13.8
1,237% 14.5 MB/s
DQ Read 16.5
DQ Write 30.1
DQ Mixed 22.3
1,844% 23 MB/s
46GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 2.2 0.5 50 6.7 0.6 MB/s
72.1% Very good
Read 242
Write 222
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 19.6
161% 136 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 9.3
4K Mixed 0.9
412% 9.23 MB/s
DQ Read 18
DQ Write 10.4
DQ Mixed 1.1
458% 9.83 MB/s
46GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 11 1.6 0.9 0.8 0.8 MB/s
25.1% Poor
Read 21.1
Write 19.2
Mixed 20.3
SusWrite 5.4
22% 16.5 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 6.6
4K Mixed 3.3
345% 4.07 MB/s
15GB free, PID a00c
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 8.8 8.9 8.8 9 9 MB/s
15.9% Very poor
Read 66
Write 16.2
Mixed 20.4
SusWrite 8.9
29% 27.9 MB/s
4K Read 18.4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 3.2
177% 7.2 MB/s
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