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HD401LJ 400GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 31.9% (672nd of 1015)

Based on 1,767 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG HD401LJ
Poor: 20%Average: 31.9% Great: 42%

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Poor average bench

The Samsung HD401LJ 400GB averaged 68.1% 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 0.77MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.7MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung HD401LJ 400GB is 22.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung HD401LJ 400GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 41.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 54.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 1,767 samples)
Rank 67231.9%
Min Avg Max
33.9 Read 56.3 72.5
35.4 Write 60.2 79.4
27.2 Mixed 41.9 50.3
26.8 SusWrite 54.3 74.2
39.2% 53.2 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.58 0.7
1.2 4K Write 1.7 2.4
0.5 4K Mixed 0.77 1.1
142% 1.02 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
371GB free
Firmware: ZZ100-15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 75 76 76 76 MB/s
41% Average
Read 66.8
Write 81
Mixed 50.6
SusWrite 75.5
50% 68.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.33 MB/s
139GB free
Firmware: ZZ100-15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 67 66 67 67 MB/s
33.7% Below average
Read 49.8
Write 63.5
Mixed 39.3
SusWrite 67.2
40% 55 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 1.03 MB/s
124GB free
Firmware: ZZ100-15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 47 47 47 47 48 MB/s
29.7% Poor
Read 56.3
Write 31.1
Mixed 28.9
SusWrite 46.8
30% 40.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
142% 0.93 MB/s
209GB free
Firmware: ZZ100-15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 39 39 40 40 MB/s
29.3% Poor
Read 61.5
Write 79.5
Mixed 48
SusWrite 40
42% 57.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
149% 1.1 MB/s
119GB free
Firmware: ZZ100-15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 35 29 28 44 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 62.7
Write 59.8
Mixed 42.6
SusWrite 37.2
37% 50.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 1.1
171% 1 MB/s
163GB free
Firmware: ZZ100-15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 47 41 41 43 45 MB/s
26.4% Poor
Read 47.2
Write 57.7
Mixed 36.8
SusWrite 44.5
34% 46.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
66GB free
Firmware: ZZ100-15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 49 47 49 48 49 MB/s
22.6% Poor
Read 31.1
Write 49.6
Mixed 34.8
SusWrite 47.2
30% 40.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
18GB free
Firmware: ZZ100-15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 23 24 26 28 MB/s
21.8% Poor
Read 49.7
Write 65.2
Mixed 40.4
SusWrite 25.7
34% 45.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
141% 1 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M2N68

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD  $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples3x
Athlon II X3 435AMD  $160Bench 43%, 1,878 samples1x
Phenom II X4 940AMDBench 49%, 3,675 samples1x
GPU
R9 270XAMD  $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples3x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples1x
GTX 780-TiNvidia  $410Bench 53%, 30,815 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples1x
Fury 120GBHyperX  $160Bench 64%, 11,403 samples1x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples5x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples3x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 42% - Average Total price: $307

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