Average Bench: 67.4% (8th of 639)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0411 PID 01cd Model: BUFFALO HD-QLU3/R5 1
Poor: 13%Average: 67.4% Great: 131%

Above average average bench

The BUFFALO HD-QLU3/R5 1 12TB averaged 32.6% 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. Sustained Write Speed 258MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 143MB/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. 4K Random Write Speed 0.17MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.24MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Min Avg Max
34.8 Read 152 317
34.9 Write 143 266
17.9 Mixed 30.8 36.6
38.8 SusWrite 258 383
199% 146 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.38 4K Read 3.02 4.5
0.1 4K Write 0.17 0.2
0.06 4K Mixed 0.24 0.3
25.3% 1.14 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6TB free, PID 01cd
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 389 355 390 382 388 MB/s
Read 317
Write 233
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 383
315% 242 MB/s
4K Read 4.5
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
34% 1.67 MB/s
4TB free, PID 01cd
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 342 361 360 361 361 MB/s
Read 219
Write 266
Mixed 17.9
SusWrite 353
293% 214 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
27% 1.1 MB/s
10TB free, PID 01cd
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s
Read 34.8
Write 36.5
Mixed 35.5
SusWrite 38.8
50% 36.4 MB/s
4K Read 4.4
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
33% 1.63 MB/s
3.5TB free, PID 01cd
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Read 36.4
Write 34.9
Mixed 33.1
44% 34.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.06
7% 0.18 MB/s
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