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Samsung HD154UI

Spinpoint F2 1TB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 44.6% (416th of 1015)

Based on 32,476 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG HD154UI
Poor: 28%Average: 44.6% Great: 58%

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Below average average bench

The Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB averaged 55.4% 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 0.75MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.47MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB is 30.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 47MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 66.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 32,476 samples)
Rank 41644.6%
Min Avg Max
40.8 Read 75.2 99.7
28.8 Write 66.4 104
30.3 Mixed 47 56.2
48.5 SusWrite 80 106
49.3% 67.1 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.4 4K Read 0.62 0.7
1.1 4K Write 1.47 1.7
0.57 4K Mixed 0.75 0.9
137% 0.95 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
516GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 99 101 100 101 MB/s
57% Above average
Read 98.3
Write 89.5
Mixed 54.4
SusWrite 100
63% 85.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 100 99 101 101 MB/s
53.3% Above average
Read 85.6
Write 51
Mixed 53.4
SusWrite 100
53% 72.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.87 MB/s
536GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 91 92 90 92 91 MB/s
49.1% Average
Read 80.5
Write 51.9
Mixed 46.3
SusWrite 90.5
49% 67.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.9 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 68 63 69 89 MB/s
44.4% Average
Read 83.2
Write 58.7
Mixed 47.8
SusWrite 71.5
48% 65.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.93 MB/s
695GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 68 78 77 80 MB/s
44.4% Average
Read 78.1
Write 80.5
Mixed 48.8
SusWrite 76.3
52% 70.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
149GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 53 54 53 54 MB/s
41.5% Average
Read 91.2
Write 72.2
Mixed 56.5
SusWrite 53.3
50% 68.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
150GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 68 69 69 69 MB/s
39.9% Below average
Read 70
Write 82.1
Mixed 47.6
SusWrite 68.8
49% 67.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.9 MB/s
355GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 56 55 55 56 56 MB/s
31.2% Below average
Read 53.4
Write 62.1
Mixed 44
SusWrite 55.1
40% 53.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
37GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 66 65 64 64 64 MB/s
21.8% Poor
Read 11.7
Write 80.1
Mixed 52.2
SusWrite 63.9
39% 52 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.1
45% 0.57 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 61%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,022x
Core i7-2600Intel  $195Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,566x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples932x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,040x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples820x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples455x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples424x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples516x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $325

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