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Release date: Q4 2009.

Effective Speed 
+51%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 1,701,268 user samples
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1,562,409 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 112% 931GB free
Worst Bench: 55% 427GB free (System drive)
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
SPEED RANK: 27th / 1015
138,859 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 75% 931GB free
Worst Bench: 39% 160GB free
Poor: 39% Great: 75%
SPEED RANK: 195th / 1015
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed 		89.2 % Much faster effective speed.
+51% 		59.2 %
Average Score 
+12%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		158 MB/s Much faster read speed.
+62% 		97.6 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		133 MB/s Much faster write speed.
+54% 		86.2 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		0.78 MB/s 0.79 MB/s +1%
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		1.62 MB/s 2.48 MB/s Much faster random write.
+53%
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		77.5 MB/s Faster mixed IO speed.
+23% 		62.8 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.77 MB/s 1.08 MB/s Much faster random mixed IO.
+40%
SusWrite
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 		153 MB/s Much faster sustained write speed.
+42% 		108 MB/s
Peak Score 
+11%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		201 MB/s Much faster peak read speed.
+56% 		129 MB/s
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		186 MB/s Much faster peak write speed.
+30% 		143 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		1 MB/s Faster peak random read.
+11% 		0.9 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		2.1 MB/s 3.2 MB/s Much faster peak random write.
+52%
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		89.4 MB/s Faster peak mixed IO speed.
+19% 		75.2 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		1 MB/s 1.3 MB/s Faster peak random mixed IO.
+30%
SusWrite
Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average 		201 MB/s Much faster peak sustained write speed.
+46% 		138 MB/s
Value & Sentiment 
+413%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		4.82 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,168% 		0.38 %
Value
Value For Money 		65.8 % Hugely better value.
+401% 		13.1 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		58 % More popular.
+12% 		52 %
Price
Price (score) 		$27 Much cheaper.
+70% 		$90
Nice To Haves 
+15%
Age
Newest 		137 Months More recent.
+15% 		162 Months
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		1TB 1TB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 89.2%
Average Bench 59.2%
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The Samsung Spinpoint F3 is over four years old and one of the oldest drives that we have included in our group tests. The reason for its inclusion is that it was once one of the best hard drives available and we have seen more user benchmarks for this drive than any other. The price of this drive has fluctuated significantly over its epic four year life span and current prices do not reflect the great value for money that this drive once represented. In today's market the F3 struggles to keep up with the group leaders both in terms of performance and price. With an effective speed rating of 116 MB/s the F3 is one of the slowest 1TB drives in our group test. There are clearly newer and better alternatives available at this time. [Jan '14 HDrivePro]

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