Samsung HD103SJ

Spinpoint F3 1TB

▲ Spinpoint F3 1TB
BENCHMARKS (138,859)
MKT (0.2%)
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BUY • $83

Effective Speed -48%Effective Speed -48%Average Score -20%Read -59%, Write -58%, 4K Read -8%, 4K Write 25%, Mixed -26%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite -39%Peak Score -14%Read -54%, Write -26%, 4K Read -15%, 4K Write 30%, Mixed -24%, 4K Mixed 30%, SusWrite -41%Value & Sentiment -528%User Rating -15%, Market Share -1,761%, Price -36%, Value -300%Nice To Haves -47%Age -47%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 59.2% (195^th of 1015)

Based on 138,859 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: 59.2% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB averaged 40.8% 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

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB is 35.9%. 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 62.8MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 86.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 138,859 samples)

Rank 19559.2%

Min	Avg	Max
52.8	Read 97.6	129
24.9	Write 86.2	143
39.3	Mixed 62.8	75.2
73.3	SusWrite 108	138
65.2% 88.7 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.6	4K Read 0.79	0.9
1.62	4K Write 2.48	3.2
0.7	4K Mixed 1.08	1.3
199% 1.45 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

BRA-User, 8 hrs ago.

685GB free

Firmware: 1AJ10001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 127 126 128 126 MB/s

98.3% Outstanding

Write 21.6

Mixed 71.6

SusWrite 126

80% 109 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.7

4K Mixed 1.2

221% 1.6 MB/s

UKR-User, 5 hrs ago.

318GB free

Firmware: 1AJ10001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 126 124 125 123 MB/s

71.4% Very good

Write 127

Mixed 70.8

SusWrite 125

82% 112 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 3

4K Mixed 1

200% 1.6 MB/s

BEL-User, 5 hrs ago.

154GB free

Firmware: 1AJ100E4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 87 90 90 90 MB/s

57.2% Above average

Write 26.1

Mixed 65.9

SusWrite 89

54% 72.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 1

183% 1.3 MB/s

USA-User, 1 hr ago.

127GB free

Firmware: 1AJ10001

SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 90 88 88 87 MB/s

51.4% Above average

Write 115

Mixed 60.4

SusWrite 88.6

65% 88.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 1.2

213% 1.47 MB/s

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Typical Spinpoint F3 1TB Builds (Compare 19,603 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (MS-7C02) - $130

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	7,954x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $172Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,803x
Ryzen 5 3600XAMD $190Bench 84%, 294,959 samples	1,892x

GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $275Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,482x
RX 5700-XTAMD $150Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	1,321x
RTX 3070Nvidia $460Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,140x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	661x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	542x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $88Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	532x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,960x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	999x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	766x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $604

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Maximize your desktop computer storage...

Added 10 years ago.

USA-User

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9,918

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 years ago.

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

TUR-User

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5,548

Poor

7 years ago.

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

ROU-User

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4,665

Excellent

3 years 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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4,616

Good

7 years ago.

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

AUS-User

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3,998

Good

7 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.

NLD-User

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3,548

Excellent

15 months ago.

Have more pieces of this and and they are very good. MB on PC where these were originally used went recently brain dead but this drive still goes on. One clocked over 6000hours power on time. Currently using two in NAS for it already two years and have had only limited issues...

AUT-User

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2,759

Excellent

5 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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Good

7 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.

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10 years ago.

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Samsung HD103SJ

Spinpoint F3 1TB

Average Bench: 59.2% (195^th of 1015)

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Spinpoint F3 1TB

Average Bench: 59.2% (195th of 1015)

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