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Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

Average Bench: 103% (2nd of 1015)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Model: MB8000GEQUU
Poor: 73%Average: 103% Great: 117%

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Outstanding average bench

The MB8000GEQUU 8TB averaged 2.8% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the MB8000GEQUU 8TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 0.84MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Write Speed 3.01MB/s

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the MB8000GEQUU 8TB is 43.2%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the MB8000GEQUU 8TB performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Mixed IO Speed 80.8MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 0.98MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 2103%
Min Avg Max
134 Read 181 217
137 Write 187 222
67.2 Mixed 80.8 168
62.7 SusWrite 177 199
114% 157 MB/s
Min Avg Max
0.8 4K Read 0.98 1.11
1.4 4K Write 3.01 5.9
0.2 4K Mixed 0.84 1.2
190% 1.61 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest HDD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
1TB free
Firmware: HPG7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 188 180 190 198 196 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 178
Write 170
Mixed 76.1
SusWrite 184
111% 152 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 1
179% 1.13 MB/s
945GB free
Firmware: HPG7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 200 188 186 190 195 MB/s
104% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 188
Mixed 79.1
SusWrite 190
115% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.13 MB/s
1TB free
Firmware: HPG7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 190 182 187 181 185 MB/s
97.8% Outstanding
Read 156
Write 174
Mixed 71.8
SusWrite 185
107% 147 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 0.3
148% 1.7 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: HPGB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 190 196 193 201 196 MB/s
95.6% Outstanding
Read 135
Write 137
Mixed 67.2
SusWrite 197
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.8
212% 2.1 MB/s
986GB free
Firmware: HPG7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 185 188 181 183 193 MB/s
91% Outstanding
Read 130
Write 172
Mixed 77.3
SusWrite 186
103% 141 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.5
184% 2.07 MB/s
2.5TB free
Firmware: HPG7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 153 156 161 155 164 MB/s
86.8% Excellent
Read 145
Write 148
Mixed 70
SusWrite 157
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 1.2
211% 1.33 MB/s
577GB free
Firmware: HPG7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 117 113 116 109 MB/s
85% Excellent
Read 181
Write 186
Mixed 74.7
SusWrite 114
102% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.2
151% 1.97 MB/s
971GB free
Firmware: HPG7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 120 122 120 123 MB/s
73.4% Very good
Read 134
Write 144
Mixed 72.7
SusWrite 122
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
147% 1.07 MB/s
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Typical MB8000GEQUU 8TB Builds (Compare 2,086 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V PRO - $400

CPU
Core i7-3770KIntel  $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples827x
Core i5-3570KIntel  $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples555x
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples316x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples140x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples138x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples125x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples113x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples72x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples69x
RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples62x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 20,667 samples59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples42x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $850

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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