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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 80.7% (74th of 1015)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: Storage
Poor: 56%Average: 80.7% Great: 113%

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Very good average bench

The Storage 2TB averaged just 19.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Storage 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.63MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.11MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Storage 2TB is 57.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Storage 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 97.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 122MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 7480.7%
Min Avg Max
23.1 Read 143 234
51 Write 122 223
21.4 Mixed 97.2 194
96.8 SusWrite 130 177
90.7% 123 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.39 4K Read 0.77 1.04
0.35 4K Write 2.11 4.83
0.25 4K Mixed 0.63 1
141% 1.17 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
460GB free
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
118% Outstanding
Read 233
Write 178
Mixed 157
141% 189 MB/s
4K Read 4.27
4K Write 2.51
4K Mixed 0.63
294% 2.47 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 153 180 182 180 190 MB/s
103% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 51
Mixed 32
SusWrite 177
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.6 MB/s
678GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 144 149 166 156 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 109
Write 125
Mixed 59.3
SusWrite 146
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
954GB free
Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown
68.9% Good
Read 139
Write 101
Mixed 119
90% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.63
4K Write 1.71
4K Mixed 0.34
95% 0.89 MB/s
877GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 102 104 101 104 104 MB/s
63.5% Good
Read 121
Write 54.5
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 100
66% 88.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
182% 1.23 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 97 85 100 100 MB/s
55.7% Above average
Read 97
Write 76
Mixed 52
SusWrite 96.8
59% 80.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 EVO - $150

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples236x
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples127x
Core i7-2600Intel  $193Bench 67%, 185,630 samples79x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples44x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples39x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples30x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples28x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples25x
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples22x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples24x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples22x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples12x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $666

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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