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S100 Hard drive 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 78% (86th of 1015)

Based on 916 user benchmarks.  Model: Generic S100 Hard drive
Poor: 42%Average: 78% Great: 104%

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Good average bench

The Generic S100 Hard drive 1TB averaged 22.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Generic S100 Hard drive 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.57MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 143MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Generic S100 Hard drive 1TB is 62.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Generic S100 Hard drive 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 32.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.68MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 916 samples)
Rank 8678%
Min Avg Max
68.2 Read 143 184
65.1 Write 135 181
21.1 Mixed 32.8 39.9
62.3 SusWrite 129 181
79.5% 110 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.68 0.8
1 4K Write 1.79 2.2
0.3 4K Mixed 0.57 0.7
125% 1.02 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 187 188 186 187 187 MB/s
107% Outstanding
Read 187
Write 180
Mixed 35.5
SusWrite 187
106% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.5
124% 1.1 MB/s
358GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 145 145 146 145 MB/s
86.3% Excellent
Read 157
Write 157
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 144
89% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.17 MB/s
333GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 146 145 143 141 MB/s
83.6% Excellent
Read 149
Write 142
Mixed 31.9
SusWrite 142
84% 116 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.17 MB/s
783GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 169 165 167 163 MB/s
82.7% Excellent
Read 122
Write 126
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 166
80% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
140% 1.07 MB/s
495GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 154 156 154 153 152 MB/s
82.7% Excellent
Read 135
Write 136
Mixed 29.9
SusWrite 153
82% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.6
133% 1.1 MB/s
278GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 126 132 133 131 129 MB/s
81.7% Excellent
Read 154
Write 154
Mixed 42.4
SusWrite 131
87% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.6
135% 1.13 MB/s
312GB free (System drive)
Firmware: A7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 123 129 128 130 MB/s
77% Very good
Read 143
Write 143
Mixed 37.2
SusWrite 126
81% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
137% 1.17 MB/s
555GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 126 125 126 128 MB/s
76.8% Very good
Read 142
Write 134
Mixed 34.2
SusWrite 126
79% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
117% 0.93 MB/s
712GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA7M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 62 20 13 11 15 MB/s
17.5% Very poor
Read 35.5
Write 35.4
Mixed 31.9
SusWrite 25.3
24% 32 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.3
68% 0.57 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 22%
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Desktop
Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 18%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD  $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples940x
FX-6300AMD  $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples854x
FX-8320AMD  $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples395x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples279x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples180x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples158x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples140x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples109x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples86x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples148x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples68x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 39%, 4,786 samples61x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 80% - Very good Total price: $366

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