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Maxtor

6L300S0 300GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 27.7% (803rd of 1015)

Based on 1,960 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 6L300S0
Poor: 18%Average: 27.7% Great: 36%

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Very poor average bench

The Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB averaged 72.3% 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 Write Speed 4.74MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.35MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB is just 18.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 32.1MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 46.4MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,960 samples)
Rank 80327.7%
Min Avg Max
27.5 Read 48.5 64
28.2 Write 52.4 66.4
19.9 Mixed 32.1 39
22.8 SusWrite 46.4 61.7
33% 44.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.64 0.7
1.5 4K Write 4.74 6.5
0 4K Mixed 0.35 0.8
153% 1.91 MB/s
User Benchmarks Bench Sequential Random 4k Deep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
279GB free
Firmware: BANC1G10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 54 54 56 55 MB/s
32.7% Below average
Read 57.2
Write 61.4
Mixed 39.4
SusWrite 54.9
39% 53.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.1
151% 2.27 MB/s
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BACE1G10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 56 52 52 54 55 MB/s
31.1% Below average
Read 53.7
Write 63.5
Mixed 31.5
SusWrite 52.8
37% 50.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.1
151% 2.27 MB/s
120GB free
Firmware: BANC1G10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 51 51 52 52 MB/s
28.8% Poor
Read 47.9
Write 44.3
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 51.7
32% 43.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
148% 1.2 MB/s
11GB free
Firmware: BACE1G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s
19.5% Very poor
Read 28.9
Write 40.6
Mixed 28.8
SusWrite 36.9
25% 33.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 0.1
161% 2.43 MB/s
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 65%
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Workstation 2%
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CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 74%, 231,118 samples2,135x
Core i7-2600Intel  $206Bench 72%, 145,399 samples1,835x
Core i5-2400Intel  $150Bench 69%, 134,763 samples1,279x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 112,812 samples1,668x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 743,604 samples1,459x
HD 2500 (Desktop 1.05 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 113,513 samples983x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 68%, 291,555 samples1,105x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 132,270 samples638x
Virtual NVMe Disk 275GBParallelsBench 193%, 788 samples533x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 19%, 384,766 samples1,293x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 158,974 samples856x
1x4GBUnknownBench 25%, 140,931 samples503x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $329

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