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BOX1 IB-124CL-U3 1TB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 53.3% (268th of 1015)

Based on 13 user benchmarks.  Model: ICY BOX1 IB-124CL-U3
Poor: 23%Average: 53.3% Great: 75%

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Average average bench

The ICY BOX1 IB-124CL-U3 1TB averaged 46.7% 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 0.66MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.75MB/s

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ICY BOX1 IB-124CL-U3 1TB is 52.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ICY BOX1 IB-124CL-U3 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 79.6MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 75.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)
Rank 26853.3%
Min Avg Max
38.3 Read 106 205
36.4 Write 94.4 196
32.2 Mixed 75.2 101
18.8 SusWrite 79.6 172
65.8% 88.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.13 4K Read 0.69 1.1
0.23 4K Write 1.75 5.75
0.15 4K Mixed 0.66 1
135% 1.04 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
931GB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 165 182 187 188 172 MB/s
98.8% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 153
Mixed 89.4
SusWrite 172
108% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.03 MB/s
25GB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 48 55 65 57 MB/s
75.2% Very good
Read 205
Write 196
Mixed 86.5
SusWrite 57.2
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
390GB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 65 65 66 63 MB/s
47.6% Average
Read 101
Write 102
Mixed 85
SusWrite 64.2
66% 88.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
187% 1.4 MB/s
931GB free
Firmware: 0108
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s
16.6% Very poor
Read 38.5
Write 36.4
Mixed 32.2
SusWrite 18.8
23% 31.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
146% 1.13 MB/s
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 48%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Motherboard: Asus F2A85-M

CPU
A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD  $119Bench 50%, 18,312 samples15x
A8-5600K APUAMD  $250Bench 49%, 14,744 samples10x
A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)AMD  $467Bench 51%, 11,295 samples8x
GPU
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples7x
Radeon HD 7660DAMDBench 5%, 7,665 samples7x
Radeon HD 7560DAMDBench 4%, 10,029 samples6x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples4x
Series SATA SSD 120GBVBench 63%, 3,411 samples3x
R5MP120G8 120GBBench 141%, 259 samples3x
RAM
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples5x
99U5471-030.A00LF 1x8GBKingstonBench 27%, 790 samples4x
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8GBUnknownBench 33%, 442 samples4x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $147

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