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5Bays (ExtHD)

H/ W RAID5 12TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2019.

Average Bench: 80.2% (6th of 639)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 152d PID 0539 Model: 5Bays H/ W RAID5
Poor: 77%Average: 80.2% Great: 83%

Very good average bench

The 5Bays H/ W RAID5 12TB averaged just 19.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 5Bays H/ W RAID5 12TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 214MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 210MB/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 Mixed IO Speed 0.4MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 7.33MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 680.2%
Min Avg Max
200 Read 204 211
205 Write 214 225
146 Mixed 162 184
197 SusWrite 210 222
269% 197 MB/s
Min Avg Max
5.6 4K Read 7.33 10.1
1 4K Write 1 1
0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 0.4
74.8% 2.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
6.5TB free, PID 0539
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 215 216 222 225 215 MB/s
82.6% Excellent
Read 211
Write 206
Mixed 168
SusWrite 218
273% 201 MB/s
4K Read 6.3
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
71% 2.57 MB/s
8TB free, PID 0539
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 222 222 222 220 220 MB/s
82.5% Excellent
Read 203
Write 219
Mixed 148
SusWrite 222
270% 198 MB/s
4K Read 7.3
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
75% 2.9 MB/s
6.5TB free, PID 0539
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 207 206 205 207 206 MB/s
79% Very good
Read 200
Write 205
Mixed 184
SusWrite 204
272% 198 MB/s
4K Read 10.1
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
85% 3.83 MB/s
9TB free, PID 0539
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 188 199 198 188 203 MB/s
76.6% Very good
Read 202
Write 225
Mixed 146
SusWrite 197
262% 193 MB/s
4K Read 5.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
68% 2.33 MB/s
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