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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 83.6% (59th of 1015)

Based on 4 user benchmarks.  Model: MD400GBVS
Poor: 77%Average: 83.6% Great: 89%

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Very good average bench

The MD400GBVS 400GB averaged just 16.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MD400GBVS 400GB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.59MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.31MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 138MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 123MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 4 samples)
Rank 5983.6%
Min Avg Max
145 Read 152 159
116 Write 138 158
92.9 Mixed 123 147
103% 138 MB/s
Min Avg Max
1.2 4K Read 1.59 1.78
1.18 4K Write 3.31 4.46
0.36 4K Mixed 0.39 0.45
171% 1.77 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
305GB free
Firmware: 06.01Q.6 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
89.5% Excellent
Read 153
Write 158
Mixed 92.9
100% 135 MB/s
4K Read 1.77
4K Write 4.46
4K Mixed 0.45
206% 2.22 MB/s
293GB free
Firmware: 06.01Q.6 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
86.2% Excellent
Read 159
Write 141
Mixed 110
102% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 4.09
4K Mixed 0.36
166% 1.89 MB/s
253GB free
Firmware: 06.01Q.6 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
81.3% Excellent
Read 145
Write 138
Mixed 143
107% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.61
4K Write 1.18
4K Mixed 0.36
129% 1.05 MB/s
180GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 06.01Q.6 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
77.4% Very good
Read 153
Write 116
Mixed 147
105% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.78
4K Write 3.53
4K Mixed 0.4
184% 1.9 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,326,366 HDDs tested

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Typical MD400GBVS 400GB Builds (Compare 787 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
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Desktop
Desktop 65%
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Workstation
Workstation 17%
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Motherboard: Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0 - $18

CPU
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples193x
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples191x
FX-8320AMD  $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples102x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples63x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples53x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples33x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples26x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples17x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples27x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples16x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX  $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $152

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