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Effective Speed -64%Effective Speed -64%Average Score -45%Read -57%, Write -65%, 4K Read -53%, 4K Write -18%, Mixed -43%, 4K Mixed -11%, SusWrite -72%Peak Score +2% Read -1%, Write -9%, 4K Read -22%, 4K Write 25%, Mixed 14%, 4K Mixed 17%, SusWrite -8%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -5%Age -5%

Barracuda 1TB (2016)

Blue 1TB (2012)

Barracuda 2TB (2016)

Barracuda 3TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 53.8% (263^rd of 1015)

Based on 292 user benchmarks. Model:

Poor: 13%Average: 53.8% Great: 106%

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Average average bench

The averaged 46.1% 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 0.78MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.85MB/s

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Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the is 93.4%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57.6MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 87.5MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 292 samples)

Rank 26353.8%

Min	Avg	Max
26	Read 99.1	197
23	Write 87.5	172
21.3	Mixed 57.6	112
14.9	SusWrite 88.2	182
61.1% 83.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.3	4K Read 0.85	1.4
0.5	4K Write 1.82	3.14
0.2	4K Mixed 0.78	1.2
156% 1.15 MB/s

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

IRL-User, 2 months ago.

500GB free

Firmware: 0101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 128 131 136 123 137 MB/s

84.3% Excellent

Write 135

Mixed 81.9

SusWrite 131

94% 128 MB/s

4K Read 0.7

4K Write 2.1

4K Mixed 0.9

168% 1.23 MB/s

USA-User, 2 months ago.

931GB free

Firmware: 0101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 101 102 104 102 MB/s

68.3% Good

Write 146

Mixed 57.2

SusWrite 102

80% 110 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 5.6

4K Mixed 0.6

229% 2.53 MB/s

USA-User, 18 days ago.

659GB free

Firmware: 0101

SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 101 101 100 99 MB/s

57.1% Above average

Write 98.8

Mixed 62

SusWrite 98.9

66% 89.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.7

4K Mixed 0.8

141% 1 MB/s

DEU-User, 1 month ago.

714GB free

Firmware: 010A

SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 20 20 MB/s

35% Below average

Write 17

Mixed 22.6

SusWrite 20.5

29% 40.2 MB/s

4K Read 3.9

4K Write 0

4K Mixed 0.4

207% 1.43 MB/s

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 7010

CPU
Core i5-3470Intel $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples	3,923x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	3,541x
Core i5-3570IntelBench 65%, 104,858 samples	1,609x

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HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples	2,190x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	984x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	933x

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A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	466x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	184x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	180x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	226x
HMT351U6CFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 17,809 samples	158x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	152x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $87

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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