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Tech 250GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 327% (1st of 639)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 152d PID 1576 Model: USB Tech
Poor: 316%Average: 327% Great: 337%

Outstanding average bench

The USB Tech 250GB averaged 226.7% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the USB Tech 250GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Write Speed 73.1MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 61.7MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the USB Tech 250GB is 20.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the USB Tech 250GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Read Speed 375MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 34.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 1327%
Min Avg Max
364 Read 375 413
356 Write 368 401
349 Mixed 356 382
323 SusWrite 343 354
491% 360 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31.3 4K Read 34.2 35.6
58.8 4K Write 61.7 63.1
42.3 4K Mixed 43.5 44.3
3,704% 46.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31 DQ Read 34.2 38.4
70.3 DQ Write 73.1 74.4
39.7 DQ Mixed 45 49.2
4,144% 50.8 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
152GB free, PID 1576
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 399 400 295 286 287 MB/s
337% Outstanding
Read 413
Write 401
Mixed 382
SusWrite 344
522% 385 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 63.1
4K Mixed 44.3
3,785% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 38.4
DQ Write 74.2
DQ Mixed 49.2
4,340% 53.9 MB/s
126GB free, PID 1576
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 385 379 323 320 319 MB/s
329% Outstanding
Read 374
Write 359
Mixed 352
SusWrite 354
490% 359 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 61.8
4K Mixed 43.8
3,721% 46.8 MB/s
DQ Read 34.7
DQ Write 72.9
DQ Mixed 45.6
4,159% 51.1 MB/s
156GB free, PID 1576
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 316 319 309 307 307 MB/s
324% Outstanding
Read 371
Write 361
Mixed 354
SusWrite 323
479% 352 MB/s
4K Read 35.2
4K Write 62.3
4K Mixed 42.4
3,692% 46.6 MB/s
DQ Read 31
DQ Write 74.4
DQ Mixed 46.4
4,224% 50.6 MB/s
169GB free, PID 1576
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 382 354 320 319 321 MB/s
323% Outstanding
Read 372
Write 363
Mixed 354
SusWrite 346
489% 359 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 60.3
4K Mixed 42.5
3,623% 45.6 MB/s
DQ Read 35.2
DQ Write 72.6
DQ Mixed 46.9
4,195% 51.6 MB/s
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