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Maxtor

6V320F0 320GB

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 30.5% (709th of 1014)

Based on 601 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 6V320F0
Poor: 21%Average: 30.5% Great: 38%

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Poor average bench

The Maxtor 6V320F0 320GB averaged 69.4% 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 4.32MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.31MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 6V320F0 320GB is just 17.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor 6V320F0 320GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 41.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 51.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 601 samples)
Rank 70930.5%
Min Avg Max
33.6 Read 52.5 68.1
39.1 Write 57 71.1
25.3 Mixed 41.1 64.4
30.9 SusWrite 51.9 68.2
37.4% 50.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.32 4K Read 0.57 0.7
2.1 4K Write 4.32 6.1
0.1 4K Mixed 0.31 0.7
138% 1.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
298GB free
Firmware: VA111900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 67 66 67 67 MB/s
38.2% Below average
Read 64.7
Write 67.3
Mixed 37.9
SusWrite 67
44% 59.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.5
4K Mixed 0.2
135% 1.8 MB/s
194GB free
Firmware: VA111900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 58 60 59 60 60 MB/s
34.5% Below average
Read 59.8
Write 56.5
Mixed 40.6
SusWrite 59.8
40% 54.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
144% 1.13 MB/s
134GB free
Firmware: VA111900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 56 57 56 56 MB/s
32.5% Below average
Read 55.7
Write 67.1
Mixed 40.5
SusWrite 55.9
40% 54.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 0.2
161% 2.27 MB/s
8GB free
Firmware: VA111900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 57 48 48 50 44 MB/s
28.9% Poor
Read 49.8
Write 55.1
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 50
35% 48 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.5
132% 1.3 MB/s
189GB free
Firmware: VA111900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 59 58 58 MB/s
28.7% Poor
Read 40.1
Write 46
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 58.1
32% 43.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.6
4K Mixed 0
133% 2.1 MB/s
181GB free
Firmware: VA111900
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s
26% Poor
Read 48.4
Write 60.7
Mixed 34.7
SusWrite 40.8
34% 46.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4.4
4K Mixed 0.3
140% 1.77 MB/s
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Core i7-7700KIntel  $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples3,895x
Core i5-7600KIntel  $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples764x
Core i7-7700Intel  $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples363x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples905x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples778x
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850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples267x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples266x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples196x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples288x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples138x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $1,223

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