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HE160HJ 160GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 33.5% (635th of 1015)

Based on 226 user benchmarks.  Model: SAMSUNG HE160HJ
Poor: 19%Average: 33.5% Great: 44%

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Poor average bench

The Samsung HE160HJ 160GB averaged 66.5% 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 0.52MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.49MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Samsung HE160HJ 160GB is 24.5%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Samsung HE160HJ 160GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 51.7MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 44.8MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 226 samples)
Rank 63533.5%
Min Avg Max
27.5 Read 60 75.6
26.5 Write 62.1 78.7
15.8 Mixed 44.8 73.6
26.5 SusWrite 51.7 76.5
40.4% 54.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.15 4K Read 0.49 0.6
0.4 4K Write 1.08 1.7
0.15 4K Mixed 0.52 0.8
97.8% 0.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
134GB free
Firmware: 7101
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s
42% Average
Read 71.9
Write 76.4
Mixed 43.6
SusWrite 74.2
49% 66.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.87 MB/s
128GB free
Firmware: JF800-24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 74 74 72 72 MB/s
41.3% Average
Read 70.2
Write 73.1
Mixed 42.5
SusWrite 73.5
48% 64.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.5
101% 0.73 MB/s
134GB free
Firmware: JF800-24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 77 75 76 76 76 MB/s
40.8% Average
Read 65.7
Write 77.7
Mixed 45
SusWrite 76.4
49% 66.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
132% 0.83 MB/s
116GB free
Firmware: JF800-24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 73 72 73 72 MB/s
40.4% Average
Read 68.2
Write 76.2
Mixed 40.7
SusWrite 72.3
47% 64.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
125% 0.83 MB/s
93GB free
Firmware: JF800-24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 70 68 70 69 68 MB/s
37.7% Below average
Read 63
Write 71.8
Mixed 46
SusWrite 68.4
46% 62.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.83 MB/s
72GB free
Firmware: JF800-24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 66 64 65 64 MB/s
37.7% Below average
Read 65.9
Write 70.6
Mixed 42.9
SusWrite 65.2
45% 61.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
123% 0.8 MB/s
9GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JF800-24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 59 50 53 57 59 MB/s
25.7% Poor
Read 34.6
Write 40.2
Mixed 29.4
SusWrite 54.6
29% 39.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.7 MB/s
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JF800-24
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 14 23 29 32 37 MB/s
11.3% Very poor
Read 14.5
Write 19.9
Mixed 2.8
SusWrite 25.1
11% 15.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
4% 0.03 MB/s
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Typical HE160HJ 160GB Builds (Compare 55 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
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Desktop
Desktop 47%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: HP xw8400 Workstation

CPU
CPU: Intel Xeon 51601stBench 43%, 632 samples8x
CPU: Intel Xeon E53451stBench 41%, 462 samples7x
CPU: Intel Xeon 51501stBench 40%, 627 samples6x
GPU
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples5x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples4x
GTX 680Nvidia  $360Bench 32%, 38,995 samples3x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples5x
HyperX 3K 120GBKingston  $100Bench 74%, 46,066 samples2x
Torch 240GBPatriot  $73Bench 61%, 51 samples2x
RAM
65GBUnknownBench 19%, 1,017 samples17x
49GBUnknownBench 18%, 1,461 samples9x
41GBUnknownBench 17%, 2,583 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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