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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 60.3% (187th of 1015)

Based on 12 user benchmarks.  Model: MAL31500SA-W72
Poor: 49%Average: 60.3% Great: 70%

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Above average average bench

The MAL31500SA-W72 1.5TB averaged 39.7% 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 0.72MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.32MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MAL31500SA-W72 1.5TB is 21.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the MAL31500SA-W72 1.5TB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 72.4MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 98.5MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 12 samples)
Rank 18760.3%
Min Avg Max
65.3 Read 107 148
44.4 Write 98.5 151
32.9 Mixed 72.4 101
52.4 SusWrite 104 135
70.3% 95.4 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.89 1.3
1.5 4K Write 2.32 3
0.19 4K Mixed 0.72 1
160% 1.31 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 132 122 136 136 144 MB/s
80.3% Excellent
Read 148
Write 151
Mixed 75.5
SusWrite 132
93% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
215% 1.7 MB/s
257GB free
Firmware: 05.F1F.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 134 136 130 137 MB/s
70.4% Very good
Read 110
Write 108
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 135
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
213% 1.63 MB/s
488GB free
Firmware: 04.A6B.4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 121 120 121 120 MB/s
69.7% Good
Read 122
Write 115
Mixed 62.3
SusWrite 120
77% 105 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
203% 1.53 MB/s
305GB free
Firmware: 05.F1F.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 120 120 120 120 MB/s
65.9% Good
Read 110
Write 91
Mixed 92.3
SusWrite 120
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.6 MB/s
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 07.06E.P
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 38 112 119 126 123 MB/s
60.4% Good
Read 112
Write 116
Mixed 76.7
SusWrite 97.5
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
189% 1.53 MB/s
983GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 96 103 102 109 106 MB/s
59% Above average
Read 102
Write 101
Mixed 60.5
SusWrite 103
67% 91.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 05.F1F.9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 118 120 115 120 121 MB/s
52.5% Above average
Read 65.3
Write 44.4
Mixed 40.3
SusWrite 118
49% 66.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.3
74% 0.7 MB/s
998GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 06.05H.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 46 56 43 57 57 MB/s
49.1% Average
Read 118
Write 94.4
Mixed 97.1
SusWrite 52.4
68% 90.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
190% 1.47 MB/s
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Typical MAL31500SA-W72 1.5TB Builds (Compare 2,725 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP Z230 Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples615x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples493x
Core i5-4590Intel  $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples239x
GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples234x
Quadro K2000NvidiaBench 7%, 13,526 samples173x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples161x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples121x
MTFDDAK256MBF-1AN1ZABHA 256GBCrucialBench 89%, 2,574 samples56x
C400 RealSSD 256GBMicronBench 55%, 11,652 samples46x
RAM
16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 53%, 7,464 samples57x
HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 54%, 3,233 samples51x
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples45x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $178

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