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Lacie

4Big Quadra v3 6TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 79.5% (82nd of 1015)

Based on 6 user benchmarks.  Model: LaCie 4Big Quadra v3
Poor: 23%Average: 79.5% Great: 127%

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Good average bench

The Lacie 4Big Quadra v3 6TB averaged 20.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Lacie 4Big Quadra v3 6TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.79MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 175MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lacie 4Big Quadra v3 6TB is 103%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Lacie 4Big Quadra v3 6TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 0.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 57.1MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)
Rank 8279.5%
Min Avg Max
42.7 Read 145 220
38.2 Write 117 179
34.4 Mixed 57.1 89.8
105 SusWrite 175 222
90% 124 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.79 4.98
0.12 4K Write 0.5 1.69
0.05 4K Mixed 0.15 0.3
101% 0.82 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free
Firmware: 051E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 221 222 219 231 230 MB/s
127% Outstanding
Read 220
Write 179
Mixed 34.4
SusWrite 222
118% 164 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.2
113% 0.83 MB/s
4.5TB free
Firmware: 051E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 195 197 202 209 198 MB/s
110% Outstanding
Read 183
Write 172
Mixed 89.8
SusWrite 200
118% 161 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.3
76% 0.57 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: 051E
108% Outstanding
Read 219
Write 157
Mixed 105
119% 160 MB/s
4K Read 5.02
4K Write 0.12
4K Mixed 0.1
222% 1.74 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 051E
SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 81 72 70 71 169 MB/s
72.9% Very good
Read 150
Write 84.7
Mixed 41.3
SusWrite 105
69% 95.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0.1
44% 0.33 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 051E
50% Above average
Read 100
Write 74.4
Mixed 54.1
57% 76.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.94
4K Write 0.12
4K Mixed 0.05
47% 0.37 MB/s
423GB free
Firmware: 051E
23.4% Poor
Read 42.7
Write 38.2
Mixed 39.6
30% 40.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.33
4K Write 1.69
4K Mixed 0.2
109% 1.08 MB/s

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Gaming 93%
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Desktop 88%
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Workstation 87%
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CPU
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples737x
GPU
RTX 3070 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 114%, 45,297 samples337x
RTX 3080 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 125%, 16,265 samples210x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples181x
SSD
MZVLB1T0HBLR-00A00 1TBSamsungBench 254%, 2,748 samples321x
CA5-8D1024 1TBNvmeBench 181%, 641 samples185x
MZVLB1T0HBLR-00000 1TBSamsungBench 275%, 9,396 samples45x
RAM
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples221x
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 15,521 samples173x
NMSO416F82-3200E 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 253 samples101x
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