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Lacie

P9233 4TB

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Release date ≈ Q3 2016.

Average Bench: 61.7% (180th of 1015)

Based on 428 user benchmarks.  Model: LaCie P9233
Poor: 17%Average: 61.7% Great: 93%

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Above average average bench

The Lacie P9233 4TB averaged 38.3% 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 Read Speed 2.38MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.6MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lacie P9233 4TB is 75.7%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Lacie P9233 4TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 73.3MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 97.6MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 428 samples)
Rank 18061.7%
Min Avg Max
24 Read 97.6 164
23.5 Write 103 160
24.7 Mixed 73.3 109
19.9 SusWrite 116 176
71.7% 97.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.5 4K Read 2.38 6.39
1.1 4K Write 3.26 4.89
0.3 4K Mixed 0.6 0.8
226% 2.08 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
363GB free
Firmware: 1053
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 151 154 149 151 145 MB/s
80% Excellent
Read 127
Write 154
Mixed 110
SusWrite 149
100% 135 MB/s
4K Read 7.4
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.8
482% 4.27 MB/s
4GB free
Firmware: 1053
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 121 102 133 135 MB/s
63.2% Good
Read 94.1
Write 69
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 126
66% 89.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
773GB free
Firmware: 1053
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 122 122 126 125 MB/s
60% Good
Read 84.3
Write 91.4
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 124
70% 94.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 3.9
4K Mixed 0.5
186% 1.93 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 1053
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 73 79 75 78 77 MB/s
49.9% Average
Read 96.2
Write 101
Mixed 73.3
SusWrite 76.6
64% 86.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.1
4K Mixed 0.5
169% 1.83 MB/s
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Typical P9233 4TB Builds (Compare 3,021 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 93%
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Desktop
Desktop 93%
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Workstation
Workstation 85%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming - $170

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples1,423x
Core i5-8600KIntel  $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples670x
Core i7-8700Intel  $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples271x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples363x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples314x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples227x
SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples105x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples99x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples93x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples131x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples93x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples92x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $844

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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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