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ZALMAN (ExtHD)

ZM-VE500 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q2 2018.

Average Bench: 53.9% (21st of 639)

Based on 33 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 13fd PID 3e40 Model: ZALMAN ZM-VE500
Poor: 12%Average: 53.9% Great: 210%

Average average bench

The ZALMAN ZM-VE500 500GB averaged 46.0% 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 34.9MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 21.9MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ZALMAN ZM-VE500 500GB is 198%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the ZALMAN ZM-VE500 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 3.23MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 106MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 33 samples)
Rank 2153.9%
Min Avg Max
25.7 Read 106 365
22.8 Write 102 372
10.9 Mixed 79.3 343
21.3 SusWrite 98 382
130% 96.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 3.23 25.1
0.3 4K Write 5.08 46
0.17 4K Mixed 3.47 21.9
303% 3.93 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.4 DQ Read 21.8 29.1
22.5 DQ Write 34.9 69.5
15.6 DQ Mixed 21.9 28.9
2,013% 26.2 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
243GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 327 332 372 393 383 MB/s
200% Outstanding
Read 349
Write 360
Mixed 338
SusWrite 353
481% 350 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 21.9
4K Mixed 21.9
1,567% 21.6 MB/s
DQ Read 25.9
DQ Write 33.4
DQ Mixed 28.9
2,215% 29.4 MB/s
112GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 134 132 134 133 MB/s
44.8% Average
Read 81
Write 118
Mixed 85.2
SusWrite 132
148% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
68% 0.9 MB/s
347GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 92 97 100 101 101 MB/s
38.1% Below average
Read 96.4
Write 97.9
Mixed 51.9
SusWrite 98.8
116% 86.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
49% 0.6 MB/s
347GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 93 96 98 102 MB/s
37.2% Below average
Read 92.9
Write 82.2
Mixed 50.9
SusWrite 97.1
108% 80.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
49% 0.6 MB/s
452GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 65 67 69 65 MB/s
32.5% Below average
Read 106
Write 79.5
Mixed 54
SusWrite 66.5
98% 76.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
50% 0.63 MB/s
449GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 65 65 59 61 63 MB/s
31.5% Below average
Read 106
Write 72.6
Mixed 52.1
SusWrite 62.5
93% 73.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
49% 0.6 MB/s
352GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 33 37 36 36 34 MB/s
17% Very poor
Read 52.6
Write 33.2
Mixed 23.1
SusWrite 35.2
46% 36 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
37% 0.6 MB/s
347GB free, PID 3e40
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 24 21 27 22 22 MB/s
15.2% Very poor
Read 63.2
Write 27.4
Mixed 31.4
SusWrite 23
43% 36.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.3
22% 0.33 MB/s
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