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Release date ≈ Q1 2021.

Average Bench: 69.2% (125th of 1015)

Based on 22 user benchmarks.  Model: FD Fantom
Poor: 23%Average: 69.2% Great: 109%

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Above average average bench

The FD Fantom 3TB averaged 30.7% 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 2.49MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the FD Fantom 3TB is 86.5%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the FD Fantom 3TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 62.2MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 119MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 22 samples)
Rank 12569.2%
Min Avg Max
6.7 Read 120 190
13.2 Write 119 188
8 Mixed 62.2 88
37.9 SusWrite 121 195
77.2% 105 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.89 1
0 4K Write 2.49 5.1
0 4K Mixed 0.77 1
169% 1.38 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
3TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 167 165 164 167 166 MB/s
96.1% Outstanding
Read 169
Write 162
Mixed 86.7
SusWrite 166
107% 146 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
171% 1.37 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 150 151 150 150 152 MB/s
84.1% Excellent
Read 143
Write 146
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 150
94% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
171% 1.33 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 143 142 138 137 145 MB/s
82.2% Excellent
Read 145
Write 137
Mixed 71.3
SusWrite 142
90% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
191% 1.43 MB/s
826GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 122 122 124 124 MB/s
73% Very good
Read 131
Write 122
Mixed 67.8
SusWrite 123
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
156% 1.27 MB/s
281GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 89 91 92 92 94 MB/s
68.5% Good
Read 146
Write 149
Mixed 78.8
SusWrite 92
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.8
169% 1.33 MB/s
847GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 104 120 122 117 79 MB/s
28.4% Poor
Read 6.7
Write 13.2
Mixed 8
SusWrite 92.4
22% 30.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
8% 0.07 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,361,230 HDDs tested

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Typical Fantom 3TB Builds (Compare 5,002 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 53%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
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Workstation
Workstation 46%
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System: Lenovo 81SX

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples2,832x
Core i5-9300HIntelBench 65%, 116,682 samples1,204x
Core i5-9300HFIntelBench 73%, 6,965 samples680x
GPU
GTX 1660-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 65%, 82,746 samples2,515x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples2,114x
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples365x
SSD
PC SN520 SDAPMUW-512G-1101 512GBWDCBench 156%, 10,396 samples852x
MTFDHBA512TCK 512GBMicronBench 165%, 3,817 samples421x
MZVLB256HBHQ-000L2 256GBSamsungBench 198%, 9,460 samples405x
RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 76%, 43,895 samples1,014x
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 29,128 samples693x
RMSA3260ME78HAF-2666 2x8GBRamaxelBench 76%, 8,736 samples610x
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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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