A6472 1TB

A6472 1TB
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Effective Speed -13%Effective Speed -13%Average Score +6% Read -6%, Write 0%, 4K Read 25%, 4K Write 26%, Mixed -1%, 4K Mixed 20%, SusWrite -21%Peak Score -9%Read -20%, Write -13%, 4K Read 16%, 4K Write 5%, Mixed -17%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite -40%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +139% Age 139%

Barracuda 1TB (2016)

Blue 1TB (2012)

Barracuda 2TB (2016)

Barracuda 3TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 77.9% (87^th of 1015)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Model: MD1000GS A6472

Poor: 69%Average: 77.9% Great: 86%

Good average bench

The Md1000gs A6472 1TB averaged 22.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Md1000gs A6472 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 1MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.5MB/s

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this HDD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 78.5MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 124MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 8777.9%

Min	Avg	Max
117	Read 147	165
119	Write 137	159
76.2	Mixed 78.5	80
109	SusWrite 124	139
89.3% 122 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
1	4K Read 1.07	1.2
2.3	4K Write 2.5	2.6
0.9	4K Mixed 1	1.1
202% 1.52 MB/s

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

USA-User, 4 years ago.

909GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 76 155 158 165 174 MB/s

85.9% Excellent

Write 159

Mixed 76.2

SusWrite 139

98% 134 MB/s

4K Read 1.2

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 1

209% 1.6 MB/s

USA-User, 3 years ago.

885GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 80.0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 49 103 128 132 144 MB/s

78.7% Very good

Write 134

Mixed 79.2

SusWrite 109

90% 122 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.3

4K Mixed 1.1

206% 1.47 MB/s

PRI-User, 11 months ago.

813GB free

Firmware: 0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 129 129 129 130 125 MB/s

69.2% Good

Write 119

Mixed 80

SusWrite 124

81% 110 MB/s

4K Read 1

4K Write 2.6

4K Mixed 0.9

190% 1.5 MB/s

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