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Maxtor

6L300S0 300GB

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Release date ≤ Q4 2013.

Average Bench: 28.4% (786th of 1015)

Based on 1,408 user benchmarks.  Model: Maxtor 6L300S0
Poor: 18%Average: 28.4% Great: 36%

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Very poor average bench

The Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB averaged 71.6% 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 4.94MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.34MB/s

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Maxtor 6L300S0 300GB is just 17.7%. 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 32.3MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 48MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,408 samples)
Rank 78628.4%
Min Avg Max
27.3 Read 49.3 63.4
32 Write 53.4 66.7
17.5 Mixed 32.3 39
27.9 SusWrite 48 61.9
33.6% 45.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.3 4K Read 0.65 0.8
2.4 4K Write 4.94 6.5
0 4K Mixed 0.34 0.8
156% 1.98 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: 63 63 63 63 63 63 MB/s
37.1% Below average
Read 64.4
Write 65.4
Mixed 38
SusWrite 62.8
42% 57.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6.5
4K Mixed 0.1
161% 2.43 MB/s
276GB free
Firmware: BANC1G10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 56 57 57 57 MB/s
33.6% Below average
Read 58.2
Write 61.7
Mixed 38.3
SusWrite 56.9
40% 53.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6.2
4K Mixed 0.1
155% 2.33 MB/s
161GB free
Firmware: BANC1E00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 54 53 54 53 MB/s
28.9% Poor
Read 45.5
Write 55.5
Mixed 30.5
SusWrite 53.4
34% 46.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0
140% 2.23 MB/s
81GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BACE1G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 45 41 45 45 MB/s
26.8% Poor
Read 50.2
Write 44.3
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 42.4
30% 40.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.6
136% 1.23 MB/s
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BACE1G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 32 35 44 44 43 MB/s
26.1% Poor
Read 50.2
Write 21.8
Mixed 28
SusWrite 39.8
26% 35 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0
76% 1.23 MB/s
236GB free
Firmware: BACE1G20
SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 13 16 16 11 23 MB/s
11.2% Very poor
Read 19.5
Write 27.5
Mixed 3
SusWrite 18.8
12% 17.2 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 0.1
65% 1 MB/s
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Motherboard: EVGA 142-SS-E178

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Core i7-6700KIntel  $299Bench 80%, 367,183 samples228x
Core i5-6600KIntel  $189Bench 77%, 219,764 samples29x
Core i5-6500Intel  $165Bench 65%, 135,198 samples16x
GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 105%, 614,460 samples69x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $346Bench 79%, 759,017 samples42x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 129%, 426,287 samples41x
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950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung  $350Bench 229%, 35,200 samples33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $89Bench 113%, 450,220 samples23x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $75Bench 103%, 520,826 samples15x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 84%, 283,637 samples28x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 14,970 samples17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 21,278 samples11x
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