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Release date ≈ Q4 2016.

Average Bench: 90.6% (18th of 1015)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Model: Blackbox Pro
Poor: 19%Average: 90.6% Great: 126%

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Excellent average bench

The Blackbox Pro 8TB averaged just 9.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Blackbox Pro 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 1.78MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.7MB/s

Terrible consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Blackbox Pro 8TB is 107%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the Blackbox Pro 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 97MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 155MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 1890.6%
Min Avg Max
33.8 Read 160 227
30.4 Write 155 225
30.4 Mixed 97 179
11.9 SusWrite 162 228
105% 144 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.7 4K Read 1.78 4.3
1.27 4K Write 3.7 7.1
0.28 4K Mixed 0.61 1
210% 2.03 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
7.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 222 230 229 233 229 MB/s
131% Outstanding
Read 227
Write 225
Mixed 134
SusWrite 228
149% 204 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 7.1
4K Mixed 0.6
232% 2.83 MB/s
5.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 216 212 217 214 219 MB/s
119% Outstanding
Read 200
Write 204
Mixed 111
SusWrite 215
134% 182 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
188% 1.3 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 194 189 184 186 194 MB/s
108% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 187
Mixed 106
SusWrite 189
122% 167 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5.5
4K Mixed 0.6
227% 2.5 MB/s
148GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 166 163 163 162 MB/s
98.6% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 157
Mixed 97.2
SusWrite 163
110% 150 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.17 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s
24% Poor
Read 39.7
Write 41
Mixed 37.4
SusWrite 42
30% 40 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.6
218% 2.3 MB/s
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Gaming 112%
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Desktop 96%
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Workstation 102%
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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X CODE

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel  $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples680x
Core i7-8086KIntel  $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples166x
Core i9-9900KIntel  $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples134x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples223x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples108x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples83x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples84x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples82x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples74x
RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL  $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples97x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples45x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples24x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $834

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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