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STM31000333AS 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 51.4% (283rd of 1015)

Based on 352 user benchmarks.  Model: MAXTOR STM31000333AS
Poor: 35%Average: 51.4% Great: 65%

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Average average bench

The Maxtor STM31000333AS 1TB averaged 48.5% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.71MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.46MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor STM31000333AS 1TB is 30.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor STM31000333AS 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 56.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 86.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 352 samples)
Rank 28351.4%
Min Avg Max
54 Read 89.9 115
37.4 Write 86.9 113
27.2 Mixed 56.6 92.2
55.5 SusWrite 90 115
59.4% 80.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.64 0.8
0.9 4K Write 1.46 1.8
0.27 4K Mixed 0.71 1
132% 0.94 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
914GB free
Firmware: MC1H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 117 116 112 117 MB/s
66.5% Good
Read 117
Write 108
Mixed 64.5
SusWrite 115
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
777GB free
Firmware: MC1H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 103 104 104 MB/s
62.3% Good
Read 114
Write 108
Mixed 59.7
SusWrite 103
70% 96.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
178% 1.2 MB/s
216GB free
Firmware: MC1H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 82 83 81 MB/s
47.3% Average
Read 82.5
Write 80.1
Mixed 45.7
SusWrite 82.2
53% 72.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
274GB free
Firmware: MC1H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 69 74 72 72 MB/s
46.5% Average
Read 89.3
Write 91.4
Mixed 53
SusWrite 72.4
56% 76.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
161% 1.1 MB/s
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Gaming 28%
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Desktop 62%
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Workstation 20%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD  $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples3x
Phenom II X6 1100TAMD  $340Bench 59%, 12,769 samples3x
Phenom II X4 940AMDBench 49%, 3,675 samples3x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples3x
Quadro 4000NvidiaBench 7%, 8,609 samples2x
GTX 560 TiNvidia  $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples1x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples2x
M4 128GBCrucial  $116Bench 60%, 34,516 samples1x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung  $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples1x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples12x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples2x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 50% - Average Total price: $444

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