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MM0500EBKAE 500GB

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Release date ≈ Q2 2016.

Average Bench: 50.7% (292nd of 1015)

Based on 235 user benchmarks.  Model: MM0500EBKAE
Poor: 34%Average: 50.7% Great: 63%

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Average average bench

The MM0500EBKAE 500GB averaged 49.2% 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 0.98MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.85MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MM0500EBKAE 500GB is 28.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the MM0500EBKAE 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 56.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 84.3MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 235 samples)
Rank 29250.7%
Min Avg Max
56.5 Read 92.2 111
37.5 Write 87 109
35.9 Mixed 56.4 67
36.4 SusWrite 84.3 110
58.8% 80 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.49 4K Read 0.85 1
0.68 4K Write 1.86 2.2
0.45 4K Mixed 0.98 1.2
179% 1.23 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
299GB free
Firmware: HPG2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 103 98 97 98 MB/s
52.7% Above average
Read 84.9
Write 87.3
Mixed 53.4
SusWrite 98.3
59% 81 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1.1
203% 1.4 MB/s
179GB free
Firmware: HPG2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 86 86 86 86 MB/s
50.8% Above average
Read 91.1
Write 92.4
Mixed 57
SusWrite 85.6
60% 81.5 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.1
199% 1.33 MB/s
50GB free
Firmware: HPG3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 87 85 76 71 MB/s
47.7% Average
Read 83.3
Write 85.3
Mixed 54.7
SusWrite 82.4
56% 76.4 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1.1
201% 1.37 MB/s
333GB free
Firmware: HPG1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 128
Write 36.9
Mixed 43.8
SusWrite 37.9
45% 61.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.8 MB/s
16GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HPG3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 57 57 61 61 MB/s
39.6% Below average
Read 79.3
Write 81.4
Mixed 50.9
SusWrite 58.3
50% 67.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 1
174% 1.1 MB/s
138GB free
Firmware: HPG3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 57 55 55 55 MB/s
35.3% Below average
Read 67.3
Write 71.9
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 55.5
44% 60.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.13 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,957,993 HDDs tested

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Typical MM0500EBKAE 500GB Builds (Compare 342 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 31%
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System: Alienware Aurora-R3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples173x
Core i7-2600Intel  $173Bench 67%, 185,630 samples98x
Core i5-2300IntelBench 64%, 19,722 samples29x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples50x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples35x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples31x
SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial  $79Bench 106%, 202,785 samples14x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston  $95Bench 64%, 176,713 samples9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples9x
RAM
M378B5273CH0 4x4GBSamsungBench 49%, 117 samples14x
HMT351U6BFR8 4x4GBHynixBench 49%, 61 samples9x
HMT41GU7BFR8 HMT351U6CFR8 HMT451U6DFR8 HMT351U6EFR8 20GBHynixBench 56%, 12 samples9x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $598

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