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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 75.4% (102nd of 1015)

Based on 8 user benchmarks.  Model: SST TS231UC-1
Poor: 70%Average: 75.4% Great: 91%

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Good average bench

The SST TS231UC-1 8TB averaged 24.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SST TS231UC-1 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 2.36MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the SST TS231UC-1 8TB is 20.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the SST TS231UC-1 8TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 104MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 127MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)
Rank 10275.4%
Min Avg Max
102 Read 127 179
128 Write 146 194
80.5 Mixed 104 128
117 SusWrite 134 148
94.3% 128 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 2.36 6.5
4.2 4K Write 4.94 5.5
0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 1.2
290% 2.73 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 142 141 129 131 MB/s
90.9% Outstanding
Read 179
Write 194
Mixed 117
SusWrite 136
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.1
296% 2.7 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 121 114 112 113 120 MB/s
75.4% Very good
Read 145
Write 150
Mixed 88
SusWrite 117
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 1
227% 2.13 MB/s
6.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 141 139 139 139 138 MB/s
74.9% Very good
Read 122
Write 138
Mixed 111
SusWrite 138
94% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 5.4
4K Mixed 0.7
199% 2.2 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 131 133 141 134 138 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 117
Write 128
Mixed 97.7
SusWrite 136
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 1.2
305% 2.7 MB/s
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 118 131 131 131 MB/s
71.6% Very good
Read 123
Write 133
Mixed 94
SusWrite 125
88% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.2
303% 2.7 MB/s

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Gaming 13%
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Desktop
Desktop 68%
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Workstation
Workstation 12%
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Motherboard: Intel NUC7i5BNB

CPU
Core i5-7260UIntelBench 62%, 2,757 samples426x
GPU
Iris Plus 640 (Mobile Kaby Lake)IntelBench 7%, 7,552 samples409x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples6x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples3x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples19x
860 EVO M.2 250GBSamsungBench 100%, 26,055 samples15x
600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel  $49Bench 116%, 58,154 samples14x
RAM
AM1P24HC4U1-B5QS 2x4GBAdataBench 72%, 34 samples14x
9905624-033.A00G 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 266 samples9x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 47% - Average Total price: $45

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