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Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt (500GB) - Dual-Interface Portable HDD

By Wong Chung Wee - 6 Aug 2012
Launch SRP: S$279

Results - Futuremark PCMark 7

Futuremark PCMark 7 Results

For these set of results, the Thunderbolt feature of the Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt failed to point us in the direction of the promised land of doubled performance levels over USB 3.0. Clearly, the hard disk drive used within the unit isn't cut out to take good advantage of the interface.

The only glimmer showed up when its score for the Windows Media Centre portion was almost 2% higher than the score turned in by the USB 3.0 interface.

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6.5
  • Design 7.5
  • Performance 7
  • Features 8
  • Value 4
The Good
Dual interface offerings makes it versatile
Decent USB 3.0 performance
The Bad
Expensive
Bulky for a portable drive
No Thunderbolt daisy-chain capability
Thunderbolt has no advantage on basic HDDs
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