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CD502HJ 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 57.9% (210th of 1015)

Based on 137 user benchmarks.  Model: CLOVER CD502HJ
Poor: 31%Average: 57.9% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The Clover CD502HJ 500GB averaged 42.1% 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 0.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.44MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Clover CD502HJ 500GB is 43.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Clover CD502HJ 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 86.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 137 samples)
Rank 21057.9%
Min Avg Max
33.5 Read 99.3 133
25.9 Write 86.2 138
31.3 Mixed 63.7 110
48.5 SusWrite 100 136
64.3% 87.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.6 0.74
1.3 4K Write 2.44 3.3
0.3 4K Mixed 0.85 1.2
165% 1.3 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
356GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 133 134 133 135 MB/s
83.3% Excellent
Read 157
Write 35.5
Mixed 77.4
SusWrite 133
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0.9
188% 1.63 MB/s
115GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 111 112 112 112 MB/s
78.6% Very good
Read 162
Write 28.7
Mixed 72.6
SusWrite 112
69% 93.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
190% 1.47 MB/s
427GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 127 133 133 132 MB/s
72.3% Very good
Read 121
Write 135
Mixed 71.7
SusWrite 131
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1.1
214% 1.73 MB/s
427GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 132 132 132 131 MB/s
72% Very good
Read 119
Write 135
Mixed 69.9
SusWrite 132
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.6 MB/s
8GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 72 73 74 74 MB/s
66% Good
Read 156
Write 34.4
Mixed 74.3
SusWrite 73.2
63% 84.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
207% 1.6 MB/s
298GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 21 25 29 33 38 MB/s
13.2% Very poor
Read 17
Write 28.6
Mixed 19.3
SusWrite 28.5
17% 23.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.2
64% 0.57 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,323,926 HDDs tested

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Typical CD502HJ 500GB Builds (Compare 767 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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System: Trigem DREAMSYS

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples119x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples66x
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples45x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples51x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples50x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples42x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples18x
120G 120GBHs-ssd-c100Bench 66%, 4,962 samples14x
WDS120G2G0A-00JH30 120GBBench 58%, 841 samples12x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples14x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples13x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples10x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $87

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