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HD D ST1000DM003 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 81.6% (69th of 1015)

Based on 45 user benchmarks.  Model: APPLE HD D ST1000DM003
Poor: 16%Average: 81.6% Great: 111%

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Very good average bench

The Apple HD D ST1000DM003 1TB averaged just 18.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Apple HD D ST1000DM003 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.77MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 150MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Apple HD D ST1000DM003 1TB is 95.2%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Apple HD D ST1000DM003 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 76MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.53MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 45 samples)
Rank 6981.6%
Min Avg Max
15.2 Read 150 209
19.1 Write 132 193
14.3 Mixed 76 162
15.9 SusWrite 134 200
89.9% 123 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.82 1.2
0.4 4K Write 1.53 2.2
0.19 4K Mixed 0.77 1.1
148% 1.04 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
204GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 193 193 193 193 170 MB/s
111% Outstanding
Read 197
Write 156
Mixed 87
SusWrite 190
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
157% 1.17 MB/s
518GB free
Firmware: 0102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 168 170 169 170 MB/s
95.9% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 165
Mixed 75.4
SusWrite 168
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
167% 1.17 MB/s
516GB free
Firmware: 0102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 166 166 167 168 169 MB/s
95% Outstanding
Read 164
Write 133
Mixed 81.9
SusWrite 167
100% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
165% 1.13 MB/s
273GB free
Firmware: AP14
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 111 112 114 116 111 MB/s
75.7% Very good
Read 151
Write 114
Mixed 73.5
SusWrite 113
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 1
174% 1.13 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: AP15
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 86 87 87 MB/s
65.3% Good
Read 142
Write 106
Mixed 67.6
SusWrite 85.8
74% 100 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1 MB/s
14GB free
Firmware: AP14
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 99 100 97 101 MB/s
55.1% Above average
Read 91.9
Write 58.6
Mixed 58.8
SusWrite 99.7
57% 77.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
180% 1.23 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 76%
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Workstation
Workstation 28%
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Motherboard: Asus P8P67 - $120

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel  $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples446x
Core i7-2600KIntel  $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples358x
Core i7-2600Intel  $190Bench 67%, 185,630 samples199x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples118x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples103x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples96x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples49x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples47x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples33x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples39x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples34x
XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,223 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 54% - Above average Total price: $666

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