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INIC-3609 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 31.2% (690th of 1015)

Based on 9 user benchmarks.  Model: Initio INIC-3609
Poor: 4%Average: 31.2% Great: 71%

Poor average bench

The Initio INIC-3609 1TB averaged 68.7% 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 0.99MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.29MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Initio INIC-3609 1TB is 66.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Initio INIC-3609 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 39.8MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 49.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 9 samples)
Rank 69031.2%
Min Avg Max
6.2 Read 55.1 130
8.5 Write 52.7 133
7.9 Mixed 39.8 79.1
6.8 SusWrite 49.6 125
36.4% 49.3 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.06 4K Read 1.29 6.4
0.17 4K Write 1.52 3.7
0.08 4K Mixed 0.99 3.7
192% 1.27 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
396GB free
Firmware: 0302
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 117 117 118 118 MB/s
70.9% Very good
Read 130
Write 133
Mixed 60.4
SusWrite 118
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
147% 1.1 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: 0103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 124 126 125 126 MB/s
66.6% Good
Read 108
Write 91.7
Mixed 38
SusWrite 125
66% 90.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
112% 0.9 MB/s
363GB free
Firmware: 0216
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 19 MB/s
16% Very poor
Read 36.7
Write 38.8
Mixed 29.8
SusWrite 18.3
23% 30.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.23 MB/s
821GB free
Firmware: 0102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 22 17 19 23 24 MB/s
10.2% Very poor
Read 12.7
Write 8.5
Mixed 24.6
SusWrite 21.1
13% 16.7 MB/s
4K Read 3.2
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 2.5
456% 2.7 MB/s
464GB free
Firmware: 0103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 7.1 6.4 6.7 6.4 8.4 MB/s
9.37% Terrible
Read 22.6
Write 20.4
Mixed 18.7
SusWrite 6.8
13% 17.1 MB/s
4K Read 6.4
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 3.7
746% 4.6 MB/s

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