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Release date ≈ Q4 2014.

Average Bench: 68.5% (135th of 1015)

Based on 65 user benchmarks.  Model: Disk drive
Poor: 32%Average: 68.5% Great: 101%

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Above average average bench

The Disk drive 2TB averaged 31.4% 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 0.49MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.12MB/s

Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Disk drive 2TB is 68.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Disk drive 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 75.9MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 112MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 65 samples)
Rank 13568.5%
Min Avg Max
46.8 Read 125 193
53.6 Write 115 166
14.6 Mixed 75.9 129
19.2 SusWrite 112 188
78.6% 107 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.26 4K Read 0.7 1.1
0.32 4K Write 2.12 5.4
0.12 4K Mixed 0.49 1
123% 1.11 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
815GB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 147 153 148 150 154 MB/s
95.6% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 154
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 151
104% 143 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 1 MB/s
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 175 174 173 161 164 MB/s
88.5% Excellent
Read 139
Write 138
Mixed 75
SusWrite 169
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 2.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.1
135% 1.13 MB/s
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP16
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 81 96 110 128 122 MB/s
63% Good
Read 118
Write 120
Mixed 51.9
SusWrite 102
72% 97.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.83 MB/s
559GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 53 54 64 92 70 MB/s
34.8% Below average
Read 53.3
Write 46.2
Mixed 32.8
SusWrite 67.9
37% 50.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
76% 0.53 MB/s
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4 4.5 4.2 5.3 4.1 MB/s
2.83% Terrible
Read 5.5
Write 4.5
Mixed 1.2
SusWrite 4.4
3% 3.9 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
0% 0 MB/s
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,339,711 HDDs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 24%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H - $145

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples206x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples141x
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples72x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples72x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 146,665 samples53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples45x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples41x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples24x
RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples26x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples11x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $529

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