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Release date ≈ Q1 2020.

Average Bench: 39% (523rd of 1015)

Based on 7 user benchmarks.  Model: MD1000GLSA854
Poor: 13%Average: 39% Great: 62%

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Poor average bench

The MD1000GLSA854 1TB averaged 61.0% 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 0.43MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 82.9MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MD1000GLSA854 1TB is 48.7%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MD1000GLSA854 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 31.9MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.29MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 7 samples)
Rank 52339%
Min Avg Max
1 Read 62.6 108
43.4 Write 82.9 109
6 Mixed 31.9 53.6
14.2 SusWrite 73.2 108
45.7% 62.6 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0 4K Read 0.29 0.6
0.2 4K Write 1.06 2
0.1 4K Mixed 0.43 0.7
79.1% 0.59 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: AX001Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 110 111 111 111 111 MB/s
62% Good
Read 108
Write 108
Mixed 39.1
SusWrite 108
66% 90.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
95% 0.8 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: AX0K1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 106 107 110 109 110 MB/s
59.3% Above average
Read 99.5
Write 109
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 107
66% 90.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.97 MB/s
707GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 100 103 77 MB/s
55.5% Above average
Read 96.6
Write 89.6
Mixed 50.3
SusWrite 96.7
61% 83.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.1 MB/s
831GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2BA30004
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 71 57 73 69 56 MB/s
46.2% Average
Read 98.6
Write 108
Mixed 53.6
SusWrite 62.4
59% 80.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
117% 0.73 MB/s
611GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX0K1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 62 71 77 68 69 MB/s
19.2% Very poor
Read 1
Write 73.4
Mixed 9.4
SusWrite 66.1
27% 37.5 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.1
18% 0.17 MB/s
600GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX0K1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 60 61 54 57 63 MB/s
17.2% Very poor
Read 2.5
Write 48.3
Mixed 6
SusWrite 57.5
21% 28.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
34% 0.23 MB/s
860GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AX001Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 3.5 1.5 21 24 3.4 MB/s
13.3% Very poor
Read 32.3
Write 43.4
Mixed 18.6
SusWrite 14.2
20% 27.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.1
19% 0.13 MB/s

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Gaming 55%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
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Workstation
Workstation 48%
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System: Alienware 17 R5

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples462x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples99x
GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples314x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples126x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples99x
SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba  $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples76x
NVMe Samsung 256GBPm981Bench 192%, 5,350 samples36x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc400Bench 186%, 2,374 samples22x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples170x
16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 7,078 samples27x
HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GBKingstonBench 85%, 10,266 samples26x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $33

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