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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 35.2% (57th of 639)

Based on 165 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 2109 PID 0711 Model: USB 3.0 super high speed
Poor: 12%Average: 35.2% Great: 72%

Poor average bench

The USB 3.0 super high speed 1TB averaged 64.7% 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 30.4MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 24MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB 3.0 super high speed 1TB is 60.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the USB 3.0 super high speed 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.77MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 70.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 165 samples)
Rank 5735.2%
Min Avg Max
24.1 Read 70.8 205
18.7 Write 64 148
15.3 Mixed 45.3 94.2
18.3 SusWrite 67.1 130
82.6% 61.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 1.77 14.1
0.36 4K Write 3.23 18.6
0.13 4K Mixed 1.79 14.9
177% 2.26 MB/s
Min Avg Max
14.4 DQ Read 20.2 24.1
17.2 DQ Write 30.4 38.8
16 DQ Mixed 24 30.5
1,926% 24.9 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
539GB free, PID 0711
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 118 123 96 120 119 MB/s
109% Outstanding
Read 550
Write 10.4
Mixed 91.9
SusWrite 116
178% 192 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
58% 0.9 MB/s
89GB free, PID 0711
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 106 105 105 104 MB/s
42.3% Average
Read 104
Write 102
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 105
115% 86.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
70% 0.83 MB/s
220GB free, PID 0711
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 115 116 115 116 118 MB/s
41.9% Average
Read 95.7
Write 104
Mixed 93.9
SusWrite 114
142% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.1
40% 0.83 MB/s
693GB free, PID 0711
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 93 94 94 93 MB/s
37.3% Below average
Read 85
Write 88.1
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 93.1
101% 75.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
73% 0.87 MB/s
601GB free, PID 0711
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 109 105 107 110 MB/s
34.7% Below average
Read 50.2
Write 74.2
Mixed 56.9
SusWrite 108
104% 72.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.3
55% 0.87 MB/s
134GB free, PID 0711
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 61 59 57 57 57 MB/s
27.7% Poor
Read 68.8
Write 33.5
Mixed 49.3
SusWrite 58.4
68% 52.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
80% 0.93 MB/s
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