Real World Speed
Performance profile from 354,750 user samples
9,888 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 113% 3.5TB free
Worst Bench: 68% 3.5TB free
Poor: 68% Great: 113%
SPEED RANK: 12th / 1015
344,862 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 108% 2TB free
Worst Bench: 49% 1TB free (System drive)
Poor: 49% Great: 108%
SPEED RANK: 42nd / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed
92.4 % Slightly faster effective speed.
+8%
85.7 %
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed
161 MB/s Slightly faster read speed.
+7%
150 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed
165 MB/s Slightly faster write speed.
+9%
151 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed
0.97 MB/s 1.02 MB/s Slightly faster random read.
+5%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed
4.99 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+145%
2.04 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed
73.5 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+141%
30.5 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.68 MB/s Faster random mixed IO.
+17%
0.58 MB/s
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed
160 MB/s Slightly faster sustained write speed.
+8%
148 MB/s
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed
199 MB/s Slightly faster peak read speed.
+6%
188 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed
200 MB/s Slightly faster peak write speed.
+5%
190 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed
1.1 MB/s 1.2 MB/s Slightly faster peak random read.
+9%
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed
6.3 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+162%
2.4 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed
84.3 MB/s Much faster peak mixed IO speed.
+71%
49.3 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed
0.9 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+12%
0.8 MB/s
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average
199 MB/s +4% 191 MB/s
Market Share
Based on 53,306,957 HDDs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.05 % 1.48 % Insanely higher market share.
+2,860%
Value
Value For Money
42.5 % 85.7 % Hugely better value.
+102%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
53 % 53 %
Price
Price (score)
$174 $40 Much cheaper.
+77%
Age
Newest
94 Months Much more recent.
+30%
135 Months
Capacity
Capacity
4TB 2TB
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We calculate effective speed which measures performance for typical consumers. Effective speed is adjusted by current cost per GB to yield value for money. Our calculated values are checked against thousands of individual user ratings. The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top HDDs. [HDrivePro]

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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