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Effective Speed -80%Effective Speed -80%Average Score -41%Read -74%, Write -66%, 4K Read 9%, 4K Write -3%, Mixed -42%, 4K Mixed -14%, SusWrite -97%Peak Score -28%Read -59%, Write -77%, 4K Read 45%, 4K Write -45%, Mixed 7%, 4K Mixed 29%, SusWrite -95%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +5% Age 5%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

Black 2TB (2013)

Barracuda 4TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 3TB

Average Bench: 48.7% (324^th of 1015)

Based on 200 user benchmarks. Model: MQ01ABD100

Poor: 26%Average: 48.7% Great: 63%

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Below average average bench

The MQ01ABD100 1TB averaged 51.2% 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-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 60.7MB/s

Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 88.7MB/s

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MQ01ABD100 1TB is 36.8%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MQ01ABD100 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 55.9MB/s

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 76.2MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 200 samples)

Rank 32448.7%

Min	Avg	Max
39	Read 89.4	125
42.4	Write 82.2	102
15.1	Mixed 55.9	99.8
26.7	SusWrite 76.2	100
55.9% 75.9 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.1	4K Read 0.93	1.5
0.4	4K Write 1.93	1.7
0.1	4K Mixed 0.73	1.29
156% 1.2 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.42	DQ Read 88.7	338
30.9	DQ Write 80.5	277
0.71	DQ Mixed 60.7	306
627% 76.6 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 22 months ago.

903GB free

Firmware: XAP0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 109 103 105 97 MB/s

60.6% Good

Write 110

Mixed 34

SusWrite 103

64% 88.8 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.5

4K Mixed 0.6

111% 0.83 MB/s

USA-User, 22 months ago.

760GB free (System drive)

Firmware: XAP0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 74 81 78 81 83 MB/s

48% Average

Write 88.3

Mixed 31.9

SusWrite 79.6

52% 71.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.4

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.4

87% 0.73 MB/s

CAN-User, 22 months ago.

441GB free

Firmware: XAP0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 62 63 62 63 MB/s

42.2% Average

Write 100

Mixed 30.8

SusWrite 62.7

50% 69.4 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 1.4

4K Mixed 0.6

113% 0.83 MB/s

HRV-User, 15 months ago.

899GB free (System drive)

Firmware: XAP0

SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 27 28 23 24 25 MB/s

10.6% Very poor

Write 32.2

Mixed 12.7

SusWrite 24.3

15% 20.5 MB/s

4K Read 0.1

4K Write 0.3

4K Mixed 0.1

21% 0.17 MB/s

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Typical MQ01ABD100 1TB Builds (Compare 1,180 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

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Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware 17

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	466x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $36Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	317x
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	130x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	645x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	123x
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	101x

SSD
DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GBLiteonitBench 67%, 888 samples	71x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x

RAM
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,671 samples	117x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	83x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 53%, 1,523 samples	66x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $209

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