Samsung HD103SJ

Spinpoint F3 1TB

▲ Spinpoint F3 1TB
BENCHMARKS (57,150)
MKT (0.3%)
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BUY • $65

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Release date: Q4 2009.

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Effective Speed -50%Effective Speed -50%Average User Bench -33%Read -52%, Write -76%, 4K Read -62%, 4K Write 15%, Mixed -33%, 4K Mixed 24%, SusWrite -49%Peak Lab Bench -31%Read -49%, Write -35%, 4K Read -94%, 4K Write 22%, Mixed -43%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite -46%Value & Sentiment -240%User Rating -43%, Market Share -833%, Price 72%, Value -156%Nice To Haves -129%Age -129%

Market Leaders

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 59.6% (196^th of 1010)

Based on 57,150 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: 36%Average: 59.6% Great: 76%

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Average average bench

The Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB averaged 40.3% 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 2.45MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB is 40.9%. 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 62MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 83.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 57,150 samples)

Rank 19659.6%

Min	Avg	Max
48.8	Read 105	135
23	Write 83.9	142
36.7	Mixed 62	73.5
59.4	SusWrite 102	135
64.9% 88.4 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.5	4K Read 0.78	0.9
1.5	4K Write 2.45	3.1
0.7	4K Mixed 1.08	1.3
198% 1.44 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

AUT-User, 1 hr ago.

137GB free

Firmware: 1AJ100E4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 146 142 148 146 MB/s

82.7% Excellent

Write 156

Mixed 73

SusWrite 146

94% 129 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 3.1

4K Mixed 1.1

217% 1.7 MB/s

GRC-User, 1 hr ago.

669GB free

Firmware: 1AJ10001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 133 131 135 135 135 MB/s

75.6% Very good

Write 29.8

Mixed 68.5

SusWrite 129

67% 90.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 1.1

210% 1.57 MB/s

MYS-User, 1 hr ago.

311GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1AJ1

SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 113 130 137 118 117 MB/s

67.4% Good

Write 137

Mixed 71.8

SusWrite 124

81% 111 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.9

4K Mixed 1.2

224% 1.67 MB/s

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Typical Spinpoint F3 1TB Builds (Compare 25,375 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 24%

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CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $350Bench 62%, 55,217 samples	1,290x
Core i7-3770Intel $400Bench 69%, 82,008 samples	1,195x
Core i5-2400Intel $143Bench 60%, 44,163 samples	944x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $150Bench 39%, 229,225 samples	1,049x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 48,090 samples	989x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 16%, 2,288 samples	740x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $85Bench 103%, 342,830 samples	682x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $103Bench 110%, 237,348 samples	440x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $65Bench 53%, 131,333 samples	397x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 21%, 178,693 samples	1,249x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 73,358 samples	826x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 54,045 samples	415x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $585

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Comments

HDrivePro

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891

Maximize your desktop computer storage...

Added 4 years ago.

USA-User

level
4,474

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

3 months ago.

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

TUR-User

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2,710

Poor

20 months ago.

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

POL-User

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2,374

Good

22 months ago.

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

AUS-User

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2,034

Good

21 months 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.

FIN-User

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1,354

Good

16 months 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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Poor

4 years ago.

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $359	Nvidia GTX 1070 $330	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $85
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $130	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $243	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
Intel Core i5-8600K $237	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $770	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $130	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $43
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $869	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $130	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12

Samsung HD103SJ

Spinpoint F3 1TB

Average Bench: 59.6% (196^th of 1010)

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Spinpoint F3 1TB

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