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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

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+27%
Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 88% 849GB free
Worst Bench: 59% 741GB free (System drive)
Poor: 59% Great: 88%
SPEED RANK: 112th / 1014
574,344 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 88% 752GB free
Worst Bench: 27% 323GB free (System drive)
Poor: 27% Great: 88%
SPEED RANK: 204th / 1014
Effective Speed
Effective HDD Speed 		74.2 % Faster effective speed.
+27% 		58.4 %
Average Score 
+27%
Read
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 		132 MB/s Faster read speed.
+27% 		104 MB/s
Write
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 		127 MB/s Faster write speed.
+28% 		99.3 MB/s
4K Read
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 		0.81 MB/s Faster random read.
+29% 		0.63 MB/s
4K Write
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 		2.44 MB/s Hugely faster random write.
+102% 		1.21 MB/s
Mixed
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		113 MB/s Hugely faster mixed IO speed.
+101% 		56.3 MB/s
4K Mixed
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.32 MB/s 0.72 MB/s Hugely faster random mixed IO.
+125%
Peak Score 
+42%
Read
Peak Sequential Read Speed 		161 MB/s 164 MB/s +2%
Write
Peak Sequential Write Speed 		157 MB/s Faster peak write speed.
+19% 		132 MB/s
4K Read
Peak 4K Random Read Speed 		1.18 MB/s Much faster peak random read.
+69% 		0.7 MB/s
4K Write
Peak 4K Random Write Speed 		4.86 MB/s Hugely faster peak random write.
+156% 		1.9 MB/s
Mixed
Peak Sequential Mixed IO Speed 		139 MB/s Hugely faster peak mixed IO speed.
+93% 		72.1 MB/s
4K Mixed
Peak 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 		0.49 MB/s 0.9 MB/s Hugely faster peak random mixed IO.
+84%
Value & Sentiment 
+4%
Market Share
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User Rating
UBM User Rating 		50 % 52 % +4%
Nice To Haves 
+31%
Age
Newest 		87+ Months Much more recent.
+31% 		126+ Months
Specifications 
Capacity
Capacity 		1TB 500GB
Conclusion 
Average Bench 74.2%
Average Bench 58.4%
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