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SP1614C 160GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 25.4% (852nd of 1015)

Based on 1,657 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG SP1614C
Poor: 14%Average: 25.4% Great: 32%

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Very poor average bench

The Samsung SP1614C 160GB averaged 74.5% 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 0.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.33MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung SP1614C 160GB is just 18.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung SP1614C 160GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 32.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 43.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,657 samples)
Rank 85225.4%
Min Avg Max
21.5 Read 43.6 56.5
26.2 Write 49.2 61
18 Mixed 32.9 39.8
19.8 SusWrite 44.8 57.5
31.4% 42.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.53 0.6
0.7 4K Write 1.33 1.6
0.4 4K Mixed 0.78 0.9
133% 0.88 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
148GB free
Firmware: SW10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 58 61 61 59 MB/s
30.3% Below average
Read 45.6
Write 57.9
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 59.5
37% 50 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
129GB free
Firmware: SW100-27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 53 52 56 MB/s
27.9% Poor
Read 40.9
Write 47.3
Mixed 31
SusWrite 56
32% 43.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.87 MB/s
87GB free
Firmware: SW100-34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 53 53 52 53 53 MB/s
27.7% Poor
Read 42.9
Write 59
Mixed 38.9
SusWrite 53.3
36% 48.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
40GB free
Firmware: SW100-34
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 47 47 47 47 MB/s
25.9% Poor
Read 43.2
Write 48.7
Mixed 33.6
SusWrite 46.8
32% 43.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.93 MB/s
128GB free
Firmware: SW100-30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 34 35 35 MB/s
25.5% Poor
Read 54.7
Write 36.5
Mixed 31
SusWrite 34.2
29% 39.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.7
116% 0.63 MB/s
48GB free
Firmware: SW100-27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s
20.8% Poor
Read 37.9
Write 43.8
Mixed 29
SusWrite 34.1
27% 36.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
65GB free
Firmware: SW100-30
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 32 33 33 32 MB/s
17.1% Very poor
Read 26.9
Write 31.9
Mixed 24.5
SusWrite 32.5
21% 29 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.67 MB/s
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Typical SP1614C 160GB Builds (Compare 5,943 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 18%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 16%
Surfboard

System: HP Z440 Workstation

CPU
Xeon E5-1620 v3IntelBench 72%, 10,197 samples1,233x
Xeon E5-1650 v4IntelBench 83%, 3,842 samples1,033x
Xeon E5-1650 v3IntelBench 77%, 7,962 samples859x
GPU
Quadro K2200Nvidia  $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples739x
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples373x
Quadro K4200Nvidia  $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples223x
SSD
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 238%, 21,542 samples143x
SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 219%, 21,747 samples129x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples122x
RAM
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 2x8GBSamsungBench 60%, 1,030 samples182x
M393A1G40DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 93%, 970 samples177x
M393A2G40DB0-CPB 2x16GBSamsungBench 59%, 1,132 samples157x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 9% - Terrible Total price: $440

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