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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 64.6% (164th of 1014)

Based on 20 user benchmarks.  Model: WL300GLSA3210000
Poor: 46%Average: 64.6% Great: 80%

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Above average average bench

The WL300GLSA3210000 300GB averaged 35.3% 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 Mixed IO Speed 0.85MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.81MB/s

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the WL300GLSA3210000 300GB is 33.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the WL300GLSA3210000 300GB performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 83.5MB/s
Avg. Sustained Write Speed 98.3MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 20 samples)
Rank 16464.6%
Min Avg Max
71.2 Read 118 151
82.8 Write 113 139
22.5 Mixed 83.5 136
54.2 SusWrite 98.3 119
76.2% 103 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.72 4K Read 0.97 1.2
2 4K Write 2.81 3.45
0.43 4K Mixed 0.85 1.4
187% 1.54 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
262GB free
Firmware: 04.04V05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 117 118 118 118 118 MB/s
69.8% Good
Read 125
Write 122
Mixed 74.8
SusWrite 118
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.3
239% 1.77 MB/s
269GB free
Firmware: 04.04V05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 116 117 118 118 MB/s
69.7% Good
Read 126
Write 121
Mixed 76.7
SusWrite 116
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.4
255% 1.83 MB/s
269GB free
Firmware: 04.04V05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 117 118 117 114 MB/s
69.5% Good
Read 125
Write 102
Mixed 73.4
SusWrite 117
77% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.4
249% 1.77 MB/s
90GB free
Firmware: YA01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 101 101 101 101 101 MB/s
56.2% Above average
Read 95.5
Write 92.5
Mixed 75.8
SusWrite 99.7
67% 90.9 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
229% 1.7 MB/s
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Gaming 182%
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Desktop
Desktop 104%
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Workstation
Workstation 181%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI

CPU
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples1,277x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples1,044x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples960x
GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia  $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples656x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples614x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia  $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples416x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples447x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples295x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples226x
RAM
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 73,741 samples235x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples193x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples137x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $1,181

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