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3.0 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2018.

Average Bench: 136% (3rd of 639)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 152d PID 0578 Model: USB 3.0
Poor: 24%Average: 136% Great: 255%

Outstanding average bench

The USB 3.0 120GB averaged 35.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the USB 3.0 120GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 48.5MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 25.5MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB 3.0 120GB is 231%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the USB 3.0 120GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 200MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 15.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 3136%
Min Avg Max
0.8 Read 200 339
0.8 Write 142 314
0.8 Mixed 144 301
0.9 SusWrite 134 256
202% 155 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 15.1 28.4
0.4 4K Write 24.6 61.9
0.3 4K Mixed 13.7 30.1
1,359% 17.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.3 DQ Read 30.5 101
21.5 DQ Write 48.5 109
10.3 DQ Mixed 25.5 81.9
2,630% 34.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
61GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 260 255 258 258 252 MB/s
285% Outstanding
Read 285
Write 243
Mixed 224
SusWrite 256
338% 252 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 59.1
4K Mixed 14.9
2,622% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 30.5
DQ Write 69.6
DQ Mixed 12.4
2,902% 37.5 MB/s
67GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 136 140 136 139 139 MB/s
255% Outstanding
Read 199
Write 149
Mixed 140
SusWrite 139
205% 157 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 61.9
4K Mixed 30.1
3,219% 38.7 MB/s
DQ Read 25.9
DQ Write 58.2
DQ Mixed 28.5
3,045% 37.5 MB/s
112GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 321 128 62 62 65 MB/s
166% Outstanding
Read 339
Write 314
Mixed 301
SusWrite 153
365% 277 MB/s
4K Read 20.4
4K Write 25.7
4K Mixed 15.4
1,474% 20.5 MB/s
DQ Read 21.5
DQ Write 27
DQ Mixed 16.9
1,573% 21.8 MB/s
111GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 126 131 127 128 MB/s
134% Outstanding
Read 250
Write 123
Mixed 114
SusWrite 128
188% 154 MB/s
4K Read 15.6
4K Write 21.5
4K Mixed 13.5
1,248% 16.9 MB/s
DQ Read 17.8
DQ Write 38.3
DQ Mixed 16.4
1,927% 24.2 MB/s
110GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 129 131 128 129 133 MB/s
125% Outstanding
Read 269
Write 135
Mixed 119
SusWrite 130
199% 163 MB/s
4K Read 17.4
4K Write 17.4
4K Mixed 13.6
1,119% 16.1 MB/s
DQ Read 20.9
DQ Write 35.4
DQ Mixed 17
1,860% 24.4 MB/s
47GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 MB/s
1.59% Terrible
Read 0.8
Write 0.8
Mixed 0.8
SusWrite 0.9
1% 0.83 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.3
24% 0.3 MB/s
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