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Best Bench: 90% 7TB free
Worst Bench: 39% 7.5TB free

Poor: 39% Great: 90%

SPEED RANK: 131^st / 1015

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Best Bench: 87% 855GB free
Worst Bench: 45% 326GB free

Poor: 45% Great: 87%

SPEED RANK: 142^nd / 1015


Effective Speed Effective HDD Speed		69 %	+2%		67.4 %


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	97.3 MB/s		122 MB/s	Faster read speed. +25%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	122 MB/s	Slightly faster write speed. +7%	114 MB/s
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	1.61 MB/s	Much faster random read. +66%	0.97 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	3.48 MB/s	Much faster random write. +44%	2.41 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	67.8 MB/s		80.5 MB/s	Faster mixed IO speed. +19%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	0.48 MB/s		0.94 MB/s	Hugely faster random mixed IO. +96%
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	142 MB/s	Faster sustained write speed. +26%	113 MB/s


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	143 MB/s		157 MB/s	Slightly faster peak read speed. +10%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	160 MB/s	Slightly faster peak write speed. +9%	147 MB/s
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	2.6 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random read. +117%	1.2 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	5.44 MB/s	Hugely faster peak random write. +94%	2.8 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	79.1 MB/s		102 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +29%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	0.9 MB/s		1 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +11%
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	183 MB/s	Faster peak sustained write speed. +22%	150 MB/s

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.36 %	Much higher market share. +44%	0.25 %
Value Value For Money	97.8 %	Hugely better value. +175%	35.5 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %		51 %
Price Price (score)	$113		$38	Much cheaper. +66%


Age Newest		87+ Months	More recent. +24%		114 Months


Capacity Capacity			8TB			1TB

8TB of storage space at $150 sounded more like an excellent deal, maybe one of the highest value HDD you can get today especially if you want to store a lot of games, videos, project files, etc. This HDD has slower read/write compared to other HDD at same capacity but that's not a big deal for 8TB HDD at that price. ^{[Jun '20 ColdSpy]}

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Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $130
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