ARRAY 1.5TB

ARRAY 1.5TB
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Effective Speed -29%Effective Speed -29%Average Score -42%Read -32%, Write -20%, 4K Read -124%, 4K Write -15%, Mixed 2%, 4K Mixed -63%Peak Score -5%Read -21%, Write -17%, 4K Read -56%, 4K Write 45%, Mixed 49%, 4K Mixed -28%Value & Sentiment -19%User Rating -19%Nice To Haves +1% Age 1%

Barracuda 1TB (2016)

Blue 1TB (2012)

Barracuda 2TB (2016)

Barracuda 3TB (2016)

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Average Bench: 68.2% (139^th of 1015)

Based on 6 user benchmarks. Model: ARRAY

Poor: 43%Average: 68.2% Great: 93%

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Above average average bench

The ARRAY 1.5TB averaged 31.8% 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 0.53MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 1.87MB/s

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Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the ARRAY 1.5TB is 50.4%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the ARRAY 1.5TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 84.3MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.58MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 6 samples)

Rank 13968.2%

Min	Avg	Max
70.1	Read 118	165
80.2	Write 120	161
55	Mixed 84.3	146
79.9% 107 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.33	4K Read 0.58	1.1
1.11	4K Write 1.87	3.64
0.31	4K Mixed 0.53	0.8
118% 1 MB/s

User Benchmarks

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The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 6 years ago.

1.5TB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s

93.5% Outstanding

Write 161

Mixed 146

118% 157 MB/s

4K Read 1.1

4K Write 3.64

4K Mixed 0.8

203% 1.85 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 years ago.

801GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s

77.9% Very good

Write 139

Mixed 94.7

91% 122 MB/s

4K Read 0.54

4K Write 1.97

4K Mixed 0.66

132% 1.06 MB/s

GBR-User, 8 years ago.

801GB free (System drive)

Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s

77.7% Very good

Write 141

Mixed 74.8

85% 115 MB/s

4K Read 0.44

4K Write 1.98

4K Mixed 0.57

118% 1 MB/s

KWT-User, 9 years ago.

1TB free

Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown

48.5% Average

Write 90.1

Mixed 44.3

52% 71.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.63

4K Write 1.34

4K Mixed 0.44

100% 0.8 MB/s

CHE-User, 6 years ago.

841GB free

Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown

43.1% Average

Write 80.2

Mixed 55.6

51% 68.6 MB/s

4K Read 0.39

4K Write 1.21

4K Mixed 0.4

83% 0.66 MB/s

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Typical ARRAY 1.5TB Builds (Compare 164 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

System: Alienware Area 51

CPU
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	37x
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	24x
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	14x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
WDBNCE0010PNC 1TBWDCBench 97%, 21,221 samples	5x

RAM
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	113x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	29x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	7x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $369

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

ARRAY 1.5TB

Average Bench: 68.2% (139^th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 68.2% (139th of 1015)

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Average Bench: 68.2% (139^th of 1015)