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423AS External 750GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2016.

Average Bench: 13.3% (375th of 639)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Device: VID 1058 PID 1003 Model: WD 423AS External
Poor: 6%Average: 13.3% Great: 18%

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Terrible average bench

The WD 423AS External 750GB averaged 86.6% 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 0.91MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 29.5MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WD 423AS External 750GB is just 12.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WD 423AS External 750GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.32MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.14MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 37513.3%
Min Avg Max
1.48 Read 27.6 39.5
14.9 Write 29.5 39.4
9.63 Mixed 23.4 38.3
34.5% 26.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.14 4K Read 0.32 0.51
0.53 4K Write 0.91 1.44
0.12 4K Mixed 0.14 0.16
37.1% 0.46 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest USB (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
157GB free, PID 1003
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
18.2% Very poor
Read 39.4
Write 38.7
Mixed 9.63
35% 29.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.32
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.16
51% 0.59 MB/s
159GB free, PID 1003
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
16.5% Very poor
Read 38.8
Write 39
Mixed 14.8
37% 30.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.35
4K Write 0.76
4K Mixed 0.16
32% 0.42 MB/s
159GB free, PID 1003
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
16.4% Very poor
Read 39.5
Write 39.4
Mixed 38.3
50% 39.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 0.65
4K Mixed 0.13
28% 0.39 MB/s
166GB free, PID 1003
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
12.9% Very poor
Read 32.5
Write 28
Mixed 28.7
38% 29.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.39
4K Write 0.64
4K Mixed 0.15
28% 0.39 MB/s
166GB free, PID 1003
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
12.3% Very poor
Read 30.3
Write 27.4
Mixed 28.5
37% 28.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.51
4K Write 0.58
4K Mixed 0.15
27% 0.41 MB/s
167GB free, PID 1003
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
9.44% Terrible
Read 12
Write 14.9
Mixed 10.4
16% 12.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.16
4K Write 1.44
4K Mixed 0.12
54% 0.57 MB/s
167GB free, PID 1003
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
6.01% Terrible
Read 1.48
Write 19
Mixed 10.4
16% 10.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.14
4K Write 0.53
4K Mixed 0.13
23% 0.26 MB/s
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Gaming 61%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 53%
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Motherboard: Asus P9X79 PRO - $374

CPU
Core i7-3930KIntel  $280Bench 74%, 33,172 samples567x
Core i7-3820IntelBench 70%, 38,674 samples402x
Core i7-4930KIntel  $98Bench 77%, 22,204 samples94x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples107x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples88x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples88x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples48x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples40x
MX500 1TBCrucial  $76Bench 106%, 202,785 samples37x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples36x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples32x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 8x4GBKingstonBench 86%, 505 samples22x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $1,017

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