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6 V250F0 251GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 31% (698th of 1015)

Based on 126 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 6 V250F0
Poor: 21%Average: 31% Great: 39%

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Poor average bench

The Maxtor 6 V250F0 251GB averaged 69.0% 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 Write Speed 4.03MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.26MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 6 V250F0 251GB is just 18.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor 6 V250F0 251GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 50.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 52.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 126 samples)
Rank 69831%
Min Avg Max
33.1 Read 52.7 69.3
36.9 Write 57 73.3
27.3 Mixed 48.3 75.2
16.4 SusWrite 50.2 68.2
38.6% 52 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.14 4K Read 0.51 0.7
0.63 4K Write 4.03 6.1
0 4K Mixed 0.26 0.7
125% 1.6 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
113GB free
Firmware: VA11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 51 52 51 52 MB/s
29.7% Poor
Read 51.2
Write 53.9
Mixed 36.9
SusWrite 51.5
36% 48.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.4
117% 1.23 MB/s
52GB free
Firmware: VA11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 46 46 45 46 MB/s
29.3% Poor
Read 54.2
Write 55.8
Mixed 35.7
SusWrite 46
35% 47.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.1
147% 2.23 MB/s
113GB free
Firmware: VA11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 52 51 52 52 MB/s
28.5% Poor
Read 46.2
Write 56.4
Mixed 35.8
SusWrite 51.7
35% 47.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.3
136% 1.7 MB/s
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VA11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 41 50 53 53 MB/s
27.7% Poor
Read 50.4
Write 60.1
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 44.2
34% 46.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 6.1
4K Mixed 0
138% 2.23 MB/s
160GB free
Firmware: VA11
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 54 54 54 53 MB/s
26.8% Poor
Read 38.5
Write 42.9
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 53.8
30% 40.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.2
123% 1.63 MB/s
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Gaming 6%
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Workstation 5%
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Motherboard: Asus M2N32-SLI DELUXE

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+AMDBench 41%, 5,594 samples4x
Phenom 9850AMDBench 46%, 2,080 samples2x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples1x
GPU
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples2x
HD 7850AMD  $174Bench 19%, 49,592 samples2x
GTX 460Nvidia  $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples1x
SSD
860 EVO 1TBSamsungBench 73%, 277 samples2x
SS DSC2BW180A4 180GBIntelBench 59%, 89 samples1x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples1x
RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples7x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples5x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples3x
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