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Maxtor

6L300S0 300GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 27.8% (799th of 1014)

Based on 2,416 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 6L300S0
Poor: 18%Average: 27.8% Great: 36%

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Very poor average bench

The Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB averaged 72.2% 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 Write Speed 4.86MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.34MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB is just 17.8%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 32.2MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 47.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,416 samples)
Rank 79927.8%
Min Avg Max
27.8 Read 48.1 62.2
25.9 Write 52.5 66.2
19.8 Mixed 32.2 39.4
24.8 SusWrite 47.2 61.7
33.1% 45 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.65 0.7
1.82 4K Write 4.86 6.5
0 4K Mixed 0.34 0.8
155% 1.95 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
159GB free
Firmware: BACE1G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 57 57 57 57 MB/s
33.6% Below average
Read 58.3
Write 69.4
Mixed 40
SusWrite 57.2
41% 56.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 0.9
226% 2.27 MB/s
157GB free
Firmware: 1G10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 56 56 56 55 MB/s
33.4% Below average
Read 58.9
Write 61.1
Mixed 39.9
SusWrite 55.7
40% 53.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 0.1
155% 2.33 MB/s
196GB free
Firmware: BACE1G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 56 57 56 56 MB/s
32.2% Below average
Read 54.9
Write 55.7
Mixed 34.1
SusWrite 56.4
37% 50.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.6
151% 1.43 MB/s
70GB free
Firmware: BACE1G10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 53 54 53 53 54 MB/s
32.2% Below average
Read 56.9
Write 64.8
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 53.5
39% 52.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 0.9
229% 2.33 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: BANC1G10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 35 36 38 37 MB/s
25% Poor
Read 50
Write 59.9
Mixed 36.7
SusWrite 35.3
34% 45.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 0.8
222% 2.37 MB/s
27GB free
Firmware: BANC1G10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 33 37 38 36 MB/s
24.4% Poor
Read 49.1
Write 59.9
Mixed 36.3
SusWrite 35.3
33% 45.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.37 MB/s
105GB free
Firmware: 1G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 43 42 42 43 43 MB/s
23.6% Poor
Read 37
Write 45.2
Mixed 31.3
SusWrite 43.1
29% 39.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0.1
157% 2.33 MB/s
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System: . .

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Core2 Quad Q6600Intel  $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples13x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel  $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples10x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel  $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples6x
GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples7x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples5x
GTX 460 SENvidiaBench 10%, 3,122 samples4x
SSD
Burst Elite 120GBPatriotBench 67%, 1,599 samples5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples5x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples4x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples44x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples13x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $100

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