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Samsung HD103SJ

Spinpoint F3 1TB

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Release date: Q4 2009.

Average Bench: 60.2% (191st of 1015)

Based on 151,189 user benchmarks.  Models: SAMSUNG HD103SJ, ST1000DM005 HD103SJ, SAMSUNG HD103SJ SCSI Disk Device (TurboPC EX), ST1000DM 005 HD103SJ, ST1000DM 005

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]

Poor: 39%Average: 60.2% Great: 76%

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Above average average bench

The Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB averaged 39.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1.08MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.48MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB is 36.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 63.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 86.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 151,189 samples)
Rank 19160.2%
Min Avg Max
47.6 Read 100 133
23.5 Write 86.8 145
36.5 Mixed 63.2 75.2
63.2 SusWrite 109 138
66.1% 89.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.6 4K Read 0.79 0.9
1.5 4K Write 2.48 3.2
0.7 4K Mixed 1.08 1.3
199% 1.45 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
528GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 134 136 135 135 MB/s
73.1% Very good
Read 120
Write 41.5
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 134
68% 91.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.2
224% 1.7 MB/s
187GB free
Firmware: 1AJ100E4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 118 119 119 120 MB/s
63% Good
Read 100
Write 96.4
Mixed 62.6
SusWrite 119
69% 94.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
211% 1.47 MB/s
405GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 115 118 118 118 MB/s
61.9% Good
Read 98.1
Write 79.5
Mixed 67.6
SusWrite 117
67% 90.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.2
213% 1.47 MB/s
909GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 34 30 52 51 48 MB/s
24.2% Poor
Read 42.3
Write 67.7
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 41.6
35% 47.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
98% 0.8 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $89 @ launch in Oct '09
AmazonUS $1204 mins
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Gaming 89%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 86%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $127

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $170Bench 82%, 1,121,156 samples45,159x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $325Bench 85%, 755,235 samples14,889x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $363Bench 84%, 293,678 samples10,937x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $410Bench 105%, 378,316 samples10,057x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 578,095 samples9,622x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 373,446 samples6,847x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 106%, 705,872 samples3,981x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $65Bench 293%, 385,141 samples3,314x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $71Bench 270%, 386,862 samples3,226x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $68Bench 85%, 598,699 samples11,698x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $83Bench 86%, 343,296 samples5,763x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $66Bench 84%, 274,005 samples4,824x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $850

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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Added 8 years ago.
USA-User
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8,696

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 years ago.

Running strong for 8 years now. Probably jinxed it though.

TUR-User
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4,984

Poor

5 years ago.

I am using for three years and works fluently.But a little bit old drive.

ROU-User
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4,155

Excellent

12 months ago.

Still going strong after 12 years, one of the best HDDs I ever had and I've had a lot.

POL-User
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4,074

Good

5 years ago.

I am using for four years and works fluently this is good disk

AUS-User
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3,482

Good

5 years ago.

This is oldest drive I have at home, with SMART information telling me that it has been running for 58653 hours (6.6 years) with temp range of 13-53 degrees C, 78 power cycles, and no raw, seek, ecc, UDMA, or pending errors ever. This drive turned out to be excellent quality.

AUT-User
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2,425

Excellent

3 years ago.

Can not complain. Running still after 6 years of usage and did not have one single error. However, over the time it got louder and louder and for these days standarts a bit slow, so switching it out to a newer one is not a bad idea.

FIN-User
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2,256

Good

4 years ago.

HDD has been spinning for 951 days now and it has 0 errors. The write/read speed is still around 110/140. Only thing is, that it's louder as it's really old now.

HDrivePro
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1,391

Poor

8 years ago.

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