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Samsung HD103SJ

Spinpoint F3 1TB

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Release date: Q4 2009.

Average Bench: 59.2% (196th of 1014)

Based on 138,859 user benchmarks.  Models: SAMSUNG HD103SJ, ST1000DM005 HD103SJ, SAMSUNG HD103SJ SCSI Disk Device (TurboPC EX), ST1000DM 005 HD103SJ, ST1000DM 005

The Samsung Spinpoint F3 is over four years old and one of the oldest drives that we have included in our group tests. The reason for its inclusion is that it was once one of the best hard drives available and we have seen more user benchmarks for this drive than any other. The price of this drive has fluctuated significantly over its epic four year life span and current prices do not reflect the great value for money that this drive once represented. In today's market the F3 struggles to keep up with the group leaders both in terms of performance and price. With an effective speed rating of 116 MB/s the F3 is one of the slowest 1TB drives in our group test. There are clearly newer and better alternatives available at this time. [Jan '14 HDrivePro]

Poor: 39%Average: 59.2% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB averaged 40.8% 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 1.08MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.48MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB is 35.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 62.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 86.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 138,859 samples)
Rank 19659.2%
Min Avg Max
52.8 Read 97.6 129
24.9 Write 86.2 143
39.3 Mixed 62.8 75.2
73.3 SusWrite 108 138
65.2% 88.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.79 0.9
1.62 4K Write 2.48 3.2
0.7 4K Mixed 1.08 1.3
199% 1.45 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
445GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 122 120 118 116 MB/s
64.4% Good
Read 105
Write 122
Mixed 69.3
SusWrite 119
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
217% 1.53 MB/s
917GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 117 122 123 124 MB/s
63.4% Good
Read 97.7
Write 137
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 123
71% 98.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
220% 1.63 MB/s
559GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 126 124 124 128 127 MB/s
61.8% Good
Read 88.7
Write 63.5
Mixed 27.9
SusWrite 126
56% 76.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.57 MB/s
638GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AJ100E4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 67 72 57 64 68 MB/s
55.2% Above average
Read 127
Write 134
Mixed 70.7
SusWrite 64.8
73% 99.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
190% 1.3 MB/s
134GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 91 87 92 92 MB/s
54.6% Above average
Read 99.6
Write 114
Mixed 59
SusWrite 90.5
66% 90.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
191% 1.27 MB/s
391GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 104 101 103 101 MB/s
52.1% Above average
Read 78
Write 102
Mixed 54.2
SusWrite 103
62% 84.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
199% 1.37 MB/s
137GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 82 85 80 105 MB/s
26.9% Poor
Read 7.5
Write 43.7
Mixed 26.4
SusWrite 86.3
30% 41 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
34% 0.23 MB/s
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MSRP ≈ $89 @ launch in Oct '09
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Gaming
Gaming 98%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples7,759x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples2,749x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $210Bench 84%, 294,959 samples1,847x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples1,437x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples1,289x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples1,114x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples650x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples530x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial  $74Bench 212%, 171,271 samples523x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples1,916x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples975x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples751x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 112% - Outstanding Total price: $544

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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USA-User
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9,834

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 years ago.

Running strong for 8 years now. Probably jinxed it though.

TUR-User
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5,522

Poor

7 years ago.

I am using for three years and works fluently.But a little bit old drive.

ROU-User
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4,615

Excellent

2 years ago.

Still going strong after 12 years, one of the best HDDs I ever had and I've had a lot.

POL-User
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4,564

Good

7 years ago.

I am using for four years and works fluently this is good disk

AUS-User
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3,948

Good

7 years ago.

This is oldest drive I have at home, with SMART information telling me that it has been running for 58653 hours (6.6 years) with temp range of 13-53 degrees C, 78 power cycles, and no raw, seek, ecc, UDMA, or pending errors ever. This drive turned out to be excellent quality.

NLD-User
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3,510

Excellent

12 months ago.

Have more pieces of this and and they are very good. MB on PC where these were originally used went recently brain dead but this drive still goes on. One clocked over 6000hours power on time. Currently using two in NAS for it already two years and have had only limited issues...

AUT-User
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2,735

Excellent

5 years ago.

Can not complain. Running still after 6 years of usage and did not have one single error. However, over the time it got louder and louder and for these days standarts a bit slow, so switching it out to a newer one is not a bad idea.

FIN-User
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2,538

Good

6 years ago.

HDD has been spinning for 951 days now and it has 0 errors. The write/read speed is still around 110/140. Only thing is, that it's louder as it's really old now.

HDrivePro
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Poor

10 years ago.

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