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6E030L0 31GB

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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 19.8% (974th of 1015)

Based on 82 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 6E030L0
Poor: 7%Average: 19.8% Great: 27%

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Terrible average bench

The Maxtor 6E030L0 31GB averaged 80.1% 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 1.14MB/s

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 6E030L0 31GB is 20.2%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor 6E030L0 31GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 26.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 31.7MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 82 samples)
Rank 97419.8%
Min Avg Max
5.58 Read 36.1 48.8
4.31 Write 36.9 49.6
5.57 Mixed 26.1 39.8
8.36 SusWrite 31.7 48.8
24.1% 32.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.1 4K Read 0.44 0.6
0.1 4K Write 1.14 1.5
0.07 4K Mixed 0.53 0.8
97.7% 0.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
20GB free
Firmware: NAR61590
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 49 49 49 49 MB/s
27.9% Poor
Read 48.2
Write 49.2
Mixed 35
SusWrite 48.9
33% 45.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.87 MB/s
28GB free
Firmware: NAR61590
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 49 49 49 49 MB/s
26.2% Poor
Read 42.2
Write 49.7
Mixed 34.9
SusWrite 48.8
32% 43.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.8
134% 0.87 MB/s
22GB free
Firmware: NAR61590
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 25 32 35 34 33 MB/s
21.6% Poor
Read 43.3
Write 46.7
Mixed 30
SusWrite 31.5
28% 37.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
122% 0.87 MB/s
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Gaming 4%
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Desktop 38%
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Workstation 4%
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Motherboard: Biostar G41D3C

CPU
Pentium E5700Intel  $22Bench 36%, 20,872 samples42x
Celeron E3400Intel  $19Bench 35%, 3,809 samples16x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel  $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples13x
GPU
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples65x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples9x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples9x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples13x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples6x
HyperX 3K 120GBKingston  $100Bench 74%, 46,066 samples4x
RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples55x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples54x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples26x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 44% - Average Total price: $50

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