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HM500LI 500GB

▲ 500 ▼

Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 29.6% (752nd of 1015)

Based on 278 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG HM500LI
Poor: 16%Average: 29.6% Great: 38%

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Very poor average bench

The Samsung HM500LI 500GB averaged 70.4% 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 0.36MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.87MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung HM500LI 500GB is 21.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung HM500LI 500GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 34.4MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 49.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 278 samples)
Rank 75229.6%
Min Avg Max
26.8 Read 52.9 68.3
22.7 Write 50.6 68.1
17.2 Mixed 34.4 64.1
17.2 SusWrite 49.2 65.1
34.4% 46.8 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.19 4K Read 0.37 0.5
0.3 4K Write 0.87 1.2
0.13 4K Mixed 0.36 0.6
71% 0.53 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
465GB free
Firmware: 2TF00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 70 71 64 65 MB/s
38.2% Below average
Read 65.4
Write 59.7
Mixed 29.9
SusWrite 67.8
41% 55.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.7 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 2TF00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 64 65 65 65 MB/s
37.6% Below average
Read 66.1
Write 62.2
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 64.8
40% 55.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.73 MB/s
466GB free
Firmware: 2TF00_02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 63 67 66 66 62 MB/s
35.4% Below average
Read 59.5
Write 49.8
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 63.7
36% 49.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
91% 0.63 MB/s
199GB free
Firmware: 2TF00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 66 65 66 68 MB/s
32.8% Below average
Read 48
Write 53
Mixed 35.5
SusWrite 66.1
37% 50.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
89% 0.6 MB/s
273GB free
Firmware: 2TF00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 52 53 55 56 MB/s
31% Below average
Read 53.7
Write 53.9
Mixed 30.3
SusWrite 54.2
35% 48 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.5
87% 0.57 MB/s
404GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2TF00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 34 34 36 31 MB/s
24.9% Poor
Read 51.3
Write 52.6
Mixed 20.8
SusWrite 35.2
29% 40 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
76% 0.53 MB/s
87GB free
Firmware: 2TF00_00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 46 45 45 44 MB/s
24.8% Poor
Read 41.7
Write 43
Mixed 19.9
SusWrite 44.5
27% 37.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.4
78% 0.57 MB/s
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Typical HM500LI 500GB Builds (Compare 1,643 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
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Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

System: HP EliteBook 8460p

CPU
Core i5-2520MIntel  $202Bench 53%, 39,429 samples858x
Core i5-2540MIntel  $315Bench 54%, 13,550 samples324x
Core i7-2620MIntelBench 55%, 13,602 samples225x
GPU
HD 3000 (Mobile V2 1.3 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 87,967 samples1,027x
Radeon HD 6470MAMDBench 2%, 4,208 samples413x
Radeon HD 7400MAMDBench 2%, 4,110 samples118x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 67%, 249,173 samples34x
320 Series 160GBIntel  $160Bench 42%, 10,183 samples30x
A400 120GBKingston  $24Bench 59%, 117,779 samples21x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 38%, 329,318 samples648x
1x4GBUnknownBench 24%, 128,880 samples414x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 356,872 samples162x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $234

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