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Best Bench: 69% 322GB free
Worst Bench: 28% 29GB free (System drive)

Poor: 28% Great: 69%

SPEED RANK: 342^nd / 1015

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Best Bench: 114% 2TB free
Worst Bench: 63% 1TB free (System drive)

Poor: 63% Great: 114%

SPEED RANK: 15^th / 1015


Effective Speed Effective HDD Speed		47.6 %			91.6 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +92%


Read Avg. Sequential Read Speed	85.3 MB/s		160 MB/s	Hugely faster read speed. +88%
Write Avg. Sequential Write Speed	84.1 MB/s		130 MB/s	Much faster write speed. +55%
4K Read Avg. 4K Random Read Speed	0.68 MB/s	+1%	0.67 MB/s
4K Write Avg. 4K Random Write Speed	1.78 MB/s	Faster random write. +11%	1.6 MB/s
Mixed Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed	57.3 MB/s		77 MB/s	Much faster mixed IO speed. +34%
4K Mixed Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	0.81 MB/s	Faster random mixed IO. +11%	0.73 MB/s
SusWrite Avg. Sustained Write Speed	80.3 MB/s		159 MB/s	Hugely faster sustained write speed. +98%


Read Peak Sequential Read Speed	124 MB/s		201 MB/s	Much faster peak read speed. +62%
Write Peak Sequential Write Speed	122 MB/s		175 MB/s	Much faster peak write speed. +43%
4K Read Peak 4K Random Read Speed	0.8 MB/s		0.8 MB/s
4K Write Peak 4K Random Write Speed	2.5 MB/s	Much faster peak random write. +39%	1.8 MB/s
Mixed Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed	73.8 MB/s		87.2 MB/s	Faster peak mixed IO speed. +18%
4K Mixed Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed	1 MB/s	Faster peak random mixed IO. +11%	0.9 MB/s
SusWrite Peak Sequential Sustained Write 60s Average	121 MB/s		201 MB/s	Much faster peak sustained write speed. +66%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.38 %		2.14 %	Hugely higher market share. +463%
Value Value For Money	10.5 %		59.5 %	Hugely better value. +469%
User Rating UBM User Rating	50 %		60 %	More popular. +20%
Price Price (score)	$46	Cheaper. +26%	$62


Age Newest		131+ Months			98 Months	More recent. +25%


Capacity Capacity			500GB			2TB

It´s pretty bad at this point in time. Not only is it extremely slow, but also does it produce a ton of noise. The only reason I still use it probably is, that Dirt 2.0 didn´t fit on one of my three SSDs. This HDD wasn´t good ten years ago and it´s terrible now. Get an SSD instead. Like the 970 Evo Plus. But it still works, I guess... ^{[Dec '20 Marcusblo]}

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