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Samsung HD103SJ

Spinpoint F3 1TB

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Release date: Q4 2009.

Average Bench: 60.4% (189th of 1015)

Based on 93,285 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]

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Poor: 38%Average: 60.4% Great: 77%

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Above average average bench

The Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB averaged 39.6% 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 1.07MB/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 39.1%. 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 61.9MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 81.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 93,285 samples)
Rank 18960.4%
Min Avg Max
50.6 Read 105 136
24.3 Write 81.8 144
35.4 Mixed 61.9 73
58 SusWrite 105 136
65% 88.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.79 0.9
1.41 4K Write 2.45 3.1
0.6 4K Mixed 1.07 1.3
197% 1.44 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
695GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 128 126 129 127 MB/s
74.1% Very good
Read 129
Write 64.5
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 128
71% 96.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
217% 1.53 MB/s
413GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 116 118 118 118 118 MB/s
65% Good
Read 108
Write 36.8
Mixed 72.1
SusWrite 118
62% 83.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
215% 1.5 MB/s
520GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 114 114 114 115 MB/s
64.1% Good
Read 109
Write 120
Mixed 70.9
SusWrite 114
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
217% 1.57 MB/s
512GB free
Firmware: 1AJ100E5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 124 124 123 124 123 MB/s
61.8% Good
Read 95.3
Write 40.2
Mixed 69
SusWrite 120
60% 81.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.3
226% 1.53 MB/s
163GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 38 62 47 39 62 MB/s
34.3% Below average
Read 69.7
Write 81.3
Mixed 49.5
SusWrite 49.6
46% 62.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
141% 0.83 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 22,990,628 HDDs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $89 @ launch in Oct '09
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Typical Spinpoint F3 1TB Builds (Compare 50,553 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 33%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard

Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $190Bench 64%, 152,961 samples2,725x
Core i7-2600Intel  $306Bench 58%, 95,162 samples2,705x
Core i5-2400Intel  $87Bench 55%, 84,894 samples1,913x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $149Bench 32%, 442,720 samples2,255x
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 83,401 samples2,052x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $270Bench 57%, 746,202 samples1,566x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 103%, 520,826 samples1,191x
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 64%, 118,048 samples853x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 59%, 65,441 samples838x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 283,437 samples2,322x
4x2GBUnknownBench 24%, 119,396 samples1,582x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 92,980 samples754x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $414

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 Comments

HDrivePro
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Added 5 years ago.
USA-User
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6,110

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

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

TUR-User
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3,606

Poor

2 years ago.

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

POL-User
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3,042

Good

3 years ago.

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

AUS-User
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2,576

Good

2 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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1,823

Excellent

14 months 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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1,704

Good

2 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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Poor

5 years ago.

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