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Samsung HD103SJ

Spinpoint F3 1TB

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Release date: Q4 2009.

Average Bench: 59.3% (198th of 1015)

Based on 134,543 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: 38%Average: 59.3% Great: 76%

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Average average bench

The Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB averaged 40.7% 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 2.45MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB is 38.5%. 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 62.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 86.9MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 134,543 samples)
Rank 19859.3%
Min Avg Max
58.1 Read 101 133
24.6 Write 86.9 144
33 Mixed 62.5 74.6
52.2 SusWrite 105 137
65.4% 88.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 0.79 0.9
1.4 4K Write 2.45 3.2
0.7 4K Mixed 1.08 1.3
199% 1.44 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
643GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 117 116 115 114 MB/s
63.3% Good
Read 104
Write 131
Mixed 69.1
SusWrite 117
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
200% 1.57 MB/s
901GB free
Firmware: 1AJ100E4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 120 120 121 122 MB/s
59.6% Above average
Read 87.8
Write 46.7
Mixed 66.3
SusWrite 120
59% 80.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
206% 1.53 MB/s
235GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 113 111 112 114 113 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 76.3
Write 24.6
Mixed 32.1
SusWrite 109
44% 60.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
177% 1.27 MB/s
132GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 76 75 86 87 92 MB/s
46.1% Average
Read 80.9
Write 38
Mixed 58.2
SusWrite 79.5
48% 64.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.23 MB/s
6GB free
Firmware: 1AJ100E4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 39 41 33 20 18 MB/s
22.5% Poor
Read 47.2
Write 34.3
Mixed 50
SusWrite 30.9
30% 40.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
126% 0.93 MB/s
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 Prices

MSRP ≈ $89 @ launch in Oct '09
AmazonUS $905 mins
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Typical Spinpoint F3 1TB Builds (Compare 86,809 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
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Gaming 88%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 85%
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Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $115

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $259Bench 82%, 1,019,302 samples40,833x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $295Bench 84%, 696,534 samples13,376x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD  $329Bench 83%, 281,928 samples9,898x
GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD  $400Bench 104%, 407,956 samples9,328x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $510Bench 118%, 551,178 samples8,858x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 321,694 samples6,297x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 696,984 samples3,629x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $65Bench 284%, 370,885 samples3,018x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $72Bench 273%, 374,578 samples2,964x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $67Bench 85%, 566,994 samples10,660x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $88Bench 85%, 287,774 samples5,210x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $60Bench 84%, 269,433 samples4,373x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $921

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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1,391

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USA-User
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8,270

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

24 months ago.

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

TUR-User
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4,850

Poor

4 years ago.

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

ROU-User
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3,961

Excellent

6 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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3,954

Good

4 years ago.

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

AUS-User
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3,384

Good

4 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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2,353

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
Avatar level
2,180

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

7 years ago.

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