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HM500JI 500GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 34.6% (604th of 1015)

Based on 8,795 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG HM500JI
Poor: 16%Average: 34.6% Great: 47%

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Poor average bench

The Samsung HM500JI 500GB averaged 65.4% 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 0.62MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.44MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung HM500JI 500GB is 31.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung HM500JI 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 45.8MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 41MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,795 samples)
Rank 60434.6%
Min Avg Max
13.5 Read 60 82.3
12.3 Write 45.8 74.4
11.7 Mixed 41 52.1
23.2 SusWrite 60.3 84.4
38.2% 51.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.42 0.5
0.5 4K Write 1.44 1.9
0.2 4K Mixed 0.62 0.9
114% 0.83 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
395GB free
Firmware: 2AC101C4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 71 68 61 74 60 MB/s
49% Average
Read 108
Write 28.6
Mixed 53
SusWrite 63.5
47% 63.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
115% 0.7 MB/s
314GB free
Firmware: 8104
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 74 73 73 75 74 MB/s
43.5% Average
Read 78.3
Write 46.9
Mixed 50.5
SusWrite 72.9
46% 62.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.97 MB/s
242GB free
Firmware: 2AC101C4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 68 68 66 68 69 MB/s
42.2% Average
Read 80
Write 44.8
Mixed 49.6
SusWrite 66.8
44% 60.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.9 MB/s
326GB free
Firmware: 2AC101U4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 74 75 73 74 75 MB/s
41.1% Average
Read 70.5
Write 48.4
Mixed 47.4
SusWrite 72.6
44% 59.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
131GB free
Firmware: 2AC101C4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 65 66 66 MB/s
34.2% Below average
Read 53.5
Write 36.3
Mixed 32
SusWrite 65.6
34% 46.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
114% 0.77 MB/s
405GB free
Firmware: 2AC101C4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.6 3 2.8 2.9 2.6 3.2 MB/s
23% Poor
Read 76.8
Write 51.4
Mixed 49.9
SusWrite 2.8
34% 45.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
141% 1 MB/s
86GB free
Firmware: 2AC101C4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 37 36 35 41 MB/s
18.8% Very poor
Read 28.2
Write 45.6
Mixed 30.5
SusWrite 37.2
26% 35.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.3
62% 0.5 MB/s
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Typical HM500JI 500GB Builds (Compare 135 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

System: Samsung R580/R590

CPU
Core i5 M 430IntelBench 39%, 14,318 samples42x
Core i5 M 520Intel  $70Bench 40%, 23,644 samples29x
Core i3 M 330IntelBench 38%, 14,119 samples22x
GPU
GeForce GT 330MNvidiaBench 2%, 7,697 samples101x
GeForce 310MNvidiaBench 1%, 8,303 samples34x
SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung  $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples5x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples4x
750 EVO 120GBSamsung  $35Bench 93%, 20,420 samples3x
RAM
M471B5673FH0-CF8 2x2GBSamsungBench 25%, 6,000 samples48x
EBJ21UE8BDS0-AE-F 2x2GBUnknownBench 23%, 1,093 samples9x
M471B5773CHS-CF8 2x2GBSamsungBench 26%, 995 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $52

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