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MB0500EBZQA 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 62.9% (175th of 1015)

Based on 218 user benchmarks.  Model: MB0500EBZQA
Poor: 38%Average: 62.9% Great: 84%

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Above average average bench

The MB0500EBZQA 500GB averaged 37.0% 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 0.82MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.82MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MB0500EBZQA 500GB is 45.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MB0500EBZQA 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 65.7MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 98.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 218 samples)
Rank 17562.9%
Min Avg Max
73.3 Read 117 149
37.6 Write 108 146
26.7 Mixed 65.7 124
36.3 SusWrite 98.2 149
71.4% 97.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.31 4K Read 0.82 1
0.6 4K Write 1.76 2.4
0.29 4K Mixed 0.82 1.1
158% 1.13 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
466GB free
Firmware: HPG2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 150 152 151 152 152 MB/s
86% Excellent
Read 150
Write 150
Mixed 73.9
SusWrite 150
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.4 MB/s
354GB free
Firmware: HPG2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 126 133 133 133 133 MB/s
77.5% Very good
Read 138
Write 137
Mixed 69.8
SusWrite 132
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1.1
200% 1.4 MB/s
333GB free
Firmware: HPG2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 128 128 129 128 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 127
Write 128
Mixed 63.6
SusWrite 127
82% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
173% 1.23 MB/s
141GB free
Firmware: HPG1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 115 115 116 115 MB/s
70.6% Very good
Read 131
Write 127
Mixed 65.8
SusWrite 115
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
189% 1.37 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: HPG2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 97 98 97 97 MB/s
68% Good
Read 140
Write 135
Mixed 70
SusWrite 97.1
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
186% 1.3 MB/s
373GB free
Firmware: HPG0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 42 43 43 42 MB/s
60.3% Good
Read 168
Write 40.2
Mixed 50.6
SusWrite 42.4
55% 75.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
115% 0.7 MB/s
373GB free
Firmware: HPG0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 41 41 41 41 MB/s
55.6% Above average
Read 153
Write 39.2
Mixed 50
SusWrite 41.2
52% 70.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
109% 0.63 MB/s
291GB free
Firmware: HPG1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s
48.9% Average
Read 134
Write 35
Mixed 36.5
SusWrite 36
44% 60.5 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.5
114% 0.63 MB/s
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Typical MB0500EBZQA 500GB Builds (Compare 1,397 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 60%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3V

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples248x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples219x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples111x
GPU
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples127x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples101x
GTX 750-TiNvidia  $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples66x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples67x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples28x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples26x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples40x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples28x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples28x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $87

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