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HM160JI 160GB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 18.1% (987th of 1015)

Based on 188 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG HM160JI
Poor: 7%Average: 18.1% Great: 24%

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Terrible average bench

The Samsung HM160JI 160GB averaged 81.9% 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 0.39MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.86MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung HM160JI 160GB is just 16.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung HM160JI 160GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 28.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 25.9MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 188 samples)
Rank 98718.1%
Min Avg Max
9.57 Read 31.7 42.3
12.1 Write 33.5 43.7
10.4 Mixed 25.9 39.1
7.7 SusWrite 28.4 41.8
22.1% 29.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.34 0.5
0.3 4K Write 0.86 1.2
0.1 4K Mixed 0.39 0.7
73% 0.53 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
53GB free
Firmware: CF100-10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 32 32 32 35 33 MB/s
24.4% Poor
Read 52
Write 21
Mixed 24.5
SusWrite 33
24% 32.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.3
70% 0.43 MB/s
148GB free
Firmware: AD100-16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s
22.6% Poor
Read 37.4
Write 38.5
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 41.2
27% 36.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.4
90% 0.67 MB/s
17GB free
Firmware: 0117
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 29 28 27 MB/s
22.5% Poor
Read 50.4
Write 17.2
Mixed 17.6
SusWrite 27.7
21% 28.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.5
114% 0.63 MB/s
25GB free
Firmware: CF100-10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 23 24 24 MB/s
21.7% Poor
Read 51.8
Write 16.8
Mixed 21.5
SusWrite 23.7
21% 28.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0.4
86% 0.47 MB/s
55GB free
Firmware: AD100-12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 25 25 24 24 MB/s
12.9% Very poor
Read 20.6
Write 26.4
Mixed 19.2
SusWrite 24.1
17% 22.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.7
117% 0.57 MB/s
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Typical HM160JI 160GB Builds (Compare 3,565 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 142%
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Desktop
Desktop 103%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $105Bench 96%, 383,420 samples1,147x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $160Bench 98%, 89,263 samples709x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD  $227Bench 99%, 60,132 samples302x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples346x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $282Bench 100%, 447,556 samples335x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $397Bench 128%, 442,467 samples312x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $116Bench 310%, 455,997 samples220x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $118Bench 385%, 327,441 samples190x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $75Bench 251%, 262,559 samples144x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples116x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples110x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $50Bench 85%, 86,372 samples81x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $661

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