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USB 3.0 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2019.

Average Bench: 56.3% (19th of 639)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 0080 PID 0578 Model: External USB 3.0
Poor: 11%Average: 56.3% Great: 85%

Average average bench

The External USB 3.0 6TB averaged 43.7% 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 Random Write Speed 2.56MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 139MB/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 Read Speed 5.48MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 115MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 1956.3%
Min Avg Max
28.5 Read 115 154
15.3 Write 118 170
16 Mixed 62 92.3
14.5 SusWrite 139 213
148% 109 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 5.48 14.7
1.3 4K Write 2.56 4.1
0.7 4K Mixed 0.98 1.1
141% 3.01 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 214 213 213 212 214 MB/s
84.8% Excellent
Read 154
Write 156
Mixed 74.8
SusWrite 213
204% 149 MB/s
4K Read 14.7
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 1.1
231% 6.63 MB/s
139GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 151 150 150 150 150 MB/s
64.9% Good
Read 148
Write 170
Mixed 92.3
SusWrite 151
191% 140 MB/s
4K Read 3.3
4K Write 3.2
4K Mixed 1.1
158% 2.53 MB/s
168GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 167 161 166 156 164 MB/s
60.5% Good
Read 124
Write 124
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 163
160% 118 MB/s
4K Read 2.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
116% 1.97 MB/s
168GB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 162 157 153 149 159 MB/s
59.7% Above average
Read 122
Write 126
Mixed 66.7
SusWrite 156
160% 118 MB/s
4K Read 5.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
127% 3 MB/s
5.5TB free, PID 0578
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 14 14 15 14 MB/s
11.5% Very poor
Read 28.5
Write 15.3
Mixed 16
SusWrite 14.5
23% 18.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
71% 0.9 MB/s
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