MAL31000SA-W72 1TB

MAL31000SA-W72 1TB
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Effective Speed -30%Effective Speed -30%Average Score -15%Read -29%, Write -25%, 4K Read -38%, 4K Write 16%, Mixed -0%, 4K Mixed 2%, SusWrite -30%Peak Score +11% Read -4%, Write -8%, 4K Read -14%, 4K Write 39%, Mixed 48%, 4K Mixed 27%, SusWrite -11%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +23% Age 23%

Barracuda 1TB (2016)

Blue 1TB (2012)

Barracuda 2TB (2016)

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Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 67.6% (140^th of 1015)

Based on 40 user benchmarks. Model: MAL31000SA-W72

Poor: 42%Average: 67.6% Great: 95%

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Above average average bench

The MAL31000SA-W72 1TB averaged 32.3% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.88MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.49MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MAL31000SA-W72 1TB is 53.1%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MAL31000SA-W72 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 82.2MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 115MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 40 samples)

Rank 14067.6%

Min	Avg	Max
0.5	Read 120	192
1.7	Write 115	174
2.2	Mixed 82.2	145
43.3	SusWrite 117	177
80.1% 109 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.4	4K Read 0.94	1.5
1.2	4K Write 2.49	3.5
0.19	4K Mixed 0.88	1.3
183% 1.44 MB/s

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

KOR-User, 21 months ago.

713GB free

Firmware: 05.00H.4

SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 138 139 138 136 137 MB/s

76.7% Very good

Write 125

Mixed 81.5

SusWrite 134

87% 118 MB/s

4K Read 1.4

4K Write 2.5

4K Mixed 1.2

238% 1.7 MB/s

USA-User, 14 months ago.

514GB free

Firmware: 04.07B.5

SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 76 78 78 78 MB/s

53.2% Above average

Write 100

Mixed 61.6

SusWrite 77.3

64% 86.7 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 2.8

4K Mixed 1

209% 1.63 MB/s

TUR-User, 7 months ago.

184GB free

Firmware: 05.00K05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 86 86 87 87 86 MB/s

49.6% Average

Write 84.2

Mixed 66.1

SusWrite 85.4

60% 80.7 MB/s

4K Read 0.9

4K Write 2.4

4K Mixed 0.9

182% 1.4 MB/s

TUR-User, 7 months ago.

520GB free

Firmware: 05.00K05

SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 84 83 82 82 82 MB/s

46.3% Average

Write 74.3

Mixed 56.7

SusWrite 82.3

54% 73 MB/s

4K Read 0.8

4K Write 2.2

4K Mixed 1

185% 1.33 MB/s

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Gaming 29%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: Dell Precision Tower 7810

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2630 v31stBench 64%, 1,710 samples	143x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v31stBench 63%, 2,624 samples	115x
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v41stBench 66%, 1,252 samples	88x

GPU
Quadro M4000NvidiaBench 32%, 9,043 samples	137x
Quadro K2200Nvidia $440Bench 16%, 13,860 samples	121x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	80x

SSD
870 EVO 500GBSamsung $62Bench 104%, 60,851 samples	39x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	31x
SM871 2.5 7mm 256GBSamsungBench 94%, 1,320 samples	27x

RAM
HMA41GR7AFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 95%, 876 samples	82x
HMA41GR7MFR8N-TF 4x8GBHynixBench 96%, 1,319 samples	62x
M393A1G43DB0-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 97%, 963 samples	46x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $62

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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Average Bench: 67.6% (140^th of 1015)

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