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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 55.1% (247th of 1015)

Based on 338 user benchmarks.  Model: TP00500GB
Poor: 24%Average: 55.1% Great: 99%

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Average average bench

The TP00500GB 500GB averaged 44.9% 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 0.74MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.05MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the TP00500GB 500GB is 75.3%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the TP00500GB 500GB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 68.6MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 87.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 338 samples)
Rank 24755.1%
Min Avg Max
38.3 Read 101 177
36.6 Write 96.7 170
24 Mixed 68.6 122
21.9 SusWrite 87.7 155
65.2% 88.5 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.2 4K Read 0.79 1.6
0.59 4K Write 2.05 4.4
0.18 4K Mixed 0.74 1.5
153% 1.19 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
70GB free
Firmware: 45.F8F.B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 123 123 123 122 MB/s
79.8% Very good
Read 155
Write 145
Mixed 100
SusWrite 122
96% 131 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
237% 1.8 MB/s
278GB free
Firmware: 01.01S03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 111 111 111 111 MB/s
69.3% Good
Read 130
Write 114
Mixed 94.9
SusWrite 111
83% 113 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1
213% 1.67 MB/s
462GB free
Firmware: 01.02A.5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 110 109 110 108 MB/s
63.6% Good
Read 112
Write 94
Mixed 65.8
SusWrite 109
70% 95.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
146% 1 MB/s
151GB free
Firmware: ES12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 106 107 107 100 MB/s
51.6% Above average
Read 74
Write 77.4
Mixed 47.9
SusWrite 106
56% 76.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
68GB free
Firmware: 01.01S03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 94 89 97 87 83 MB/s
49.7% Average
Read 83.7
Write 80.7
Mixed 76.3
SusWrite 88.7
61% 82.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
219% 1.7 MB/s
318GB free
Firmware: ES12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 67 72 88 8.6 6.1 MB/s
41% Average
Read 96.8
Write 99.3
Mixed 54.9
SusWrite 45.9
55% 74.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
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Typical TP00500GB 500GB Builds (Compare 2,874 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 124%
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Desktop
Desktop 90%
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Workstation
Workstation 117%
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Motherboard: Asrock X570 Phantom Gaming 4

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD  $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples506x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples486x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples361x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples241x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples189x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples162x
SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples111x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples102x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples70x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples99x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples74x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples73x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $602

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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