Three More External USB 3.0 Drives Benchmarked

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By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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Another trio of SuperSpeed USB 3.0 drives landed in our German lab recently. As some of the contenders we've benchmarked underperform compared to our expectations, it’s quite clear that hard drive speed matters again, now that we've moved beyond USB 2.0.

Benchmark Results: Data Transfer Diagrams

The Samsung Story Station 3.0 isn’t much faster than the two other products because it’s based on a 5400 RPM, 3.5” "green" drive. Products like Western Digital's MyBook 3.0 are faster.

Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos