Lacie

Fuel 2TB

Fuel 2TB
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Effective Speed -83%Effective Speed -83%Average Score -44%Read -86%, Write -100%, 4K Read -43%, 4K Write 38%, Mixed -39%, 4K Mixed 3%, SusWrite -78%Peak Score -12%Read -64%, Write -58%, 4K Read -48%, 4K Write 103%, Mixed 30%, 4K Mixed 10%, SusWrite -58%Value & Sentiment User Rating -19%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +35% Age 35%

Barracuda 7200.14 1TB

Black 1TB (2013)

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Average Bench: 48% (335^th of 1015)

Based on 50 user benchmarks. Model: LaCie Fuel

Poor: 21%Average: 48% Great: 65%

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Below average average bench

The Lacie Fuel 2TB averaged 51.9% 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 0.86MB/s

Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.75MB/s

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Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Lacie Fuel 2TB is 44%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Lacie Fuel 2TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 56.8MB/s

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 68.1MB/s

Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)

Rank 33548%

Min	Avg	Max
28.6	Read 83.3	121
24	Write 68.1	114
26.3	Mixed 56.8	122
15.8	SusWrite 84.4	123
53.9% 73.1 MB/s

Min	Avg	Max
0.5	4K Read 0.6	0.7
0.4	4K Write 2.75	5
0.3	4K Mixed 0.86	1.1
172% 1.4 MB/s

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

MEX-User, 21 months ago.

2TB free

Firmware: 780B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 115 116 116 116 MB/s

60.4% Good

Write 81.9

Mixed 57

SusWrite 116

64% 87.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 1.9

4K Mixed 0.9

160% 1.13 MB/s

BRA-User, 22 months ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 780B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 109 109 109 MB/s

56.4% Above average

Write 67.9

Mixed 56.9

SusWrite 109

59% 80.3 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 2

4K Mixed 0.8

151% 1.13 MB/s

RUS-User, 19 months ago.

1.5TB free

Firmware: 780B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 94 100 97 90 108 MB/s

55.3% Above average

Write 114

Mixed 57.6

SusWrite 98.4

67% 90.9 MB/s

4K Read 0.5

4K Write 3.4

4K Mixed 0.8

173% 1.57 MB/s

JOR-User, 21 months ago.

110GB free

Firmware: 780B

SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 59 59 59 59 MB/s

37% Below average

Write 59

Mixed 53.3

SusWrite 58.9

44% 60.1 MB/s

4K Read 0.6

4K Write 4.2

4K Mixed 1.1

225% 1.97 MB/s

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Gaming 143%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: MSI MPG B550I GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C92)

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	198x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	93x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	92x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	69x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	46x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	42x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	42x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	25x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	24x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $41Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $103Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	22x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $803

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Lacie

Fuel 2TB

Average Bench: 48% (335^th of 1015)

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Fuel 2TB

Average Bench: 48% (335th of 1015)

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Motherboard: MSI MPG B550I GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C92)

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