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Release date ≈ Q1 2015.

Average Bench: 76% (99th of 1015)

Based on 16 user benchmarks.  Model: OS
Poor: 42%Average: 76% Great: 112%

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Good average bench

The OS 1TB averaged 23.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the OS 1TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.54MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 2.03MB/s

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the OS 1TB is 70.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the OS 1TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sustained Write Speed 110MB/s
Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 102MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 16 samples)
Rank 9976%
Min Avg Max
52.2 Read 134 236
60.8 Write 133 196
37.9 Mixed 102 167
67.8 SusWrite 110 156
88.5% 120 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.08 4K Read 0.88 4.03
0.23 4K Write 2.03 4.6
0.13 4K Mixed 0.54 1.2
135% 1.15 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
798GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 158 161 153 153 MB/s
93% Outstanding
Read 167
Write 155
Mixed 90.5
SusWrite 156
104% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 1.2
256% 2.23 MB/s
260GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 104 106 108 107 111 MB/s
62.7% Good
Read 111
Write 110
Mixed 77.6
SusWrite 107
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1.2
217% 1.4 MB/s
442GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 62 74 64 69 74 MB/s
42.1% Average
Read 78.8
Write 93.8
Mixed 55.3
SusWrite 67.8
54% 73.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.7
128% 0.8 MB/s
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Typical OS 1TB Builds (Compare 19 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 57%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

System: HP SLIC-BPC

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples2x
Core i5-3470Intel  $59Bench 63%, 223,595 samples2x
Pentium G3250IntelBench 51%, 11,326 samples2x
GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples2x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples2x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples2x
SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston  $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples1x
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples1x
FER120GS3-S7 120GBGlowayBench 58%, 440 samples1x
RAM
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples2x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples1x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 13,596 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 55% - Above average Total price: $288

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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